Memory phrase for the character: 怖

怖

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Meaning

fear, afraid, scary, dreadful

Pronunciation

FU
kowai

Explanation

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

Mnemonic
 
(In the dark on the street:) The feeling of a hand (from behind) on your shoulder is: fear.

Radicals

忄 feelingsRadical name: risshin
布 cloth, fabricAlso 巾 is read as 'cloth'.




 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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