Readings

Kana: フ、ホ、こわ.い、こわ.がる、お.じる、おそ.れる
Romaji: fu, ho, kowa.i, kowa.garu, o.jiru, oso.reru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dreadful, be frightened, fearful

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  61
Frequency:  1325
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  po
Chinese Reading:  bu4
Unicode:  6016
JIS:  495D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 296
Nelson Index: 1662
New Nelson Index: 1817
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k5.6
Four Corner Index: 9402.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1749
Gakken Index: 1593
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10450
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0992
Remembering the kanji Index: 623
Kanji Flashcards Index: 534
Kodansha Compact Index: 810
Kanji in Context Index: 1451
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 219
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 263
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 630
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 670
Essential Kanji Index: 1784
Kodansha Kanji Index: 353
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1144
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1173

Words

(こわ)
frightening; terrifying
怖い (こわい)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful; (I'm) afraid
怖がる (こわがる)
to be afraid of; to fear; to dread; to be nervous (about); to be shy (of)
人怖じ (ひとおじ)
bashfulness before strangers
高所恐怖症 (こうしょきょうふしょう)
fear of heights; acrophobia
恐怖 (きょうふ、くふ)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic
恐怖症 (きょうふしょう)
morbid fear; phobia
畏怖 (いふ)
awe; fear; fright
怖気づく (おじけづく、おじけつく)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up
社会恐怖症 (しゃかいきょうふしょう)
social phobias
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