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懼

懼

See also: 惧

Translingual

Han character

懼 (radical 61 心+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 心月山土 (PBUG), four-corner 96014, composition ⿰忄瞿)

References

  • KangXi: page 408, character 43
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11488
  • Dae Jaweon: page 750, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2371, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+61FC

Chinese

trad. 懼
simp. 惧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (瞿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瞿 *kʷas, *ɡʷa
衢 *ɡʷa
氍 *ɡʷa
癯 *ɡʷa
蠷 *ɡʷa
臞 *ɡʷa, *ɡʷas
欋 *ɡʷa
鸜 *ɡʷa
灈 *ɡʷa
躣 *ɡʷa
忂 *ɡʷa
戵 *ɡʷa
鑺 *ɡʷa
懼 *ɡʷas

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷas) : semantic 忄 + phonetic 瞿 ‎(OC *kʷas, *ɡʷa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 懼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 其遇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡioH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /ɡioH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 懼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ʷ(r)a(k)-s/
English fear (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 懼
Reading # 1/1
No. 7151
Phonetic
component		 瞿
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 懼
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷas/

Definitions

懼

  1. to fear; to be afraid
  2. to scare; to frighten

Compounds

  • 兇懼／凶惧
  • 勇者不懼／勇者不惧
  • 季常之懼／季常之惧
  • 怕懼／怕惧
  • 怖懼／怖惧
  • 恇懼／恇惧
  • 恐惶悚懼／恐惶悚惧
  • 恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
  • 恐懼不安／恐惧不安
  • 恐懼症／恐惧症 (kǒngjùzhèng)
  • 悚懼／悚惧
  • 愁懼兼心／愁惧兼心
  • 慄慄危懼／栗栗危惧
  • 憂懼／忧惧
  • 懼內／惧内
  • 懼刀避劍／惧刀避剑
  • 懼怕／惧怕 (jùpà)
  • 懼怯／惧怯
  • 懼然／惧然
  • 懼罪／惧罪
  • 懼色／惧色
  • 懼高症／惧高症
  • 戒懼／戒惧
  • 敬懼／敬惧
  • 毫無所懼／毫无所惧
  • 無所畏懼／无所畏惧
  • 猜懼／猜惧
  • 畏懼／畏惧 (wèijù)
  • 疑懼／疑惧 (yíjù)
  • 聳懼／耸惧
  • 臨事以懼／临事以惧
  • 臨事而懼／临事而惧
  • 臨危不懼／临危不惧
  • 臨難不懼／临难不惧
  • 荷懼／荷惧
  • 誠惶誠懼／诚惶诚惧
  • 震懼／震惧
  • 驚懼／惊惧 (jīngjù)

Japanese

Kanji

懼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

懼 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

懼 (cụ)

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