懼 meaning and stroke order
To fear, to dread
How to write 懼, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 懼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to fear
How 懼 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Heart.
忄 gives the meaning and 瞿 hints at the sound.
Radical: 忄 (heart), shared by 167 characters on this site.
How to remember 懼
懼 is a pictophonetic character: the heart radical 忄 on the left gives the meaning, and 瞿 (qú) on the right gives the sound. Picture 瞿 as a bird with two wide, staring eyes on top, frozen in fear, while your heart 忄 pounds beside it.
懼 is the traditional form. Simplified Chinese writes it 惧, and it mostly appears in compounds and formal or written style rather than on its own. Example: 他毫不畏懼。(Tā háo bù wèijù.) He is not afraid at all.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 懼 as qú because of the phonetic part 瞿, but the character is pronounced jù with a falling fourth tone. Also do not confuse it with 瞿 alone, which lacks the heart radical and is mainly a surname.
Common words with 懼
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 懼
How many strokes are in 懼?
懼 is written with 21 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 懼 mean?
懼 (jù) means to fear, to dread. A common word with it is 恐惧 (kǒngjù), meaning "fear; dread; to fear; to dread".
How do you pronounce 懼?
懼 is pronounced jù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 懼?
The radical of 懼 is 忄, which carries the idea of "heart". Dictionaries list 懼 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 懼?
懼 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 惧, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 懼 (jù) and 怕 (pà)?
怕 is the everyday spoken word for being afraid, as in 我怕狗 (wǒ pà gǒu), I am afraid of dogs. 懼 sounds more formal and usually appears in compounds like 恐懼 or 畏懼.
How do you say phobia in Chinese?
Phobia is 恐懼症 (kǒngjùzhèng), written 恐惧症 in simplified characters. You can add the feared thing in front, for example 社交恐懼症 for social phobia.