恐

kǒng

afraid

frightened; to fear

Phonetic (巩) + heart (心) = afraid

巩 lends the sound kǒng; the heart radical anchors the meaning squarely in emotion. Fear lives in the chest — a heavy, contracted feeling the heart knows well.

巩+心→恐
巩ConsolidatePhonetic
心HeartSemantic

她独自走夜路,心里充满了恐惧。

tā dú zì zǒu yè lù , xīn lǐ chōng mǎn le kǒng jù 。

she walked alone at night, her heart filled with fear.

孩子对黑暗感到恐惧,不敢一个人睡觉。

hái zi duì hēi àn gǎn dào kǒng jù , bù gǎn yī gè rén shuì jiào 。

the child feels frightened of the dark and does not dare to sleep alone.

Words with 恐

恐怖症

kǒng bù zhèng

phobia

恐龙

kǒng lóng

dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1])

恐怖片

kǒng bù piàn

horror movie

惊恐翼龙

jīng kǒng yì lóng

Phobetor (genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur)

惊恐万状

jīng kǒng wàn zhuàng

convulsed with fear (idiom)

惊恐

jīng kǒng

to be alarmed

三角恐龙

sān jiǎo kǒng lóng

triceratops (dinosaur)

反恐

fǎn kǒng

anti-terrorism

反恐战争

fǎn kǒng zhàn zhēng

war on terrorism

同性恋恐惧症

tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhèng

homophobia

唯恐

wéi kǒng

for fear that

唯恐天下不乱

wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn

to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)

More characters with 巩

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