惧

See also: 懼 and 慎

惧 U+60E7, 惧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60E7 ← 惦 [U+60E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 惨 → [U+60E8]

Translingual

Han character

惧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心月一金 (PBMC), composition ⿰忄具)

1. fear, be afraid of, dread

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 392, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10848
• Dae Jaweon: page 727, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2315, character 4
• Unihan data for U+60E7

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 惧 – see 懼 (“to fear; to be afraid; to scare; to frighten”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 懼).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

惧

(Jōyō kanji)

1. dread

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: く (ku)
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 惧れる)

Compounds

• 危(き)惧(ぐ) (kigu)
• 憂(ゆう)惧(ぐ) (yūgu)