Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 怖


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Meaning

fear, afraid, scary, dreadful

Pronunciation

FU
kowai

Explanation

Left: feeling , right: cloth (Here a hand and shoulders , which are composed of a backbone and two arms ) [cf. shoulders ]

Mnemonic

The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear.

Radicals

feelings(Radical name: risshin)
cloth, fabric
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Vocabulary

怖い こわい scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful
恐怖 きょうふ to be afraid, dread, terror

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