The kanji 恐: meaning, readings and stroke order

恐

Meaning: fear
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: おそ（れる） osoreru、おそ（ろしい） osoroshii
Strokes: 10
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sợ (khủng)
Japanese: おそれる。こわい。
Korean: 두려워하다 (공)
Chinese: 害怕、恐惧

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading · less common

恐きょう縮しゅく
feeling grateful and sorry (polite)
手伝っていただき 恐きょう縮しゅくです。
Thank you for helping. I feel bad for troubling you.

おそ（れる） osoreru · kun reading · less common

恐おそれる
to fear, to be afraid of
失敗を 恐おそれずにちょうせんします。
I give it a try without being afraid of failing.

おそ（ろしい） osoroshii · kun reading

恐おそろしい
scary, terrible
恐おそろしい 夢を見ました。
I had a scary dream.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.