漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
惧: fear, be afraid of
Also: dread
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 具 is drawn in
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
クku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 疑惧ぎくapprehension; uneasiness
グgu · on'yomi
- 危惧きぐ
- 絶滅危惧ぜつめつきぐthreatened (species); endangered
Also read おそれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
具
Also built on tool (具)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side惧 fear · 忄
vs真 true · 十In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jù
Same form: 惧 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 惧 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 惧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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