Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1325 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: dreadful, be frightened, fearful

Kunyomi: こわ.い こわ.がる お.じる おそ.れる

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっしんべん

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(きょうふ)   terror

症(きょうふしょう)   phobia

い(こわい)   scary, frightening [adj.]

がる(こわがる)   be afraid of, fear [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

イフ awe, fear, dread, fright

死の恐 シノキョウフ fear of death

Kunyomi Examples

こわい scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful

い顔 こわいかお grim face, angry look

がる こわがる to be afraid of, to fear, to dread, to be nervous (about), to be shy (of)

じる おじる to be scared

恐れる おそれる to fear, to be afraid of