Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

878 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: fear, dread, awe

Kunyomi: おそ.れる おそ.る おそ.ろしい こわ.い こわ.がる

Onyomi: キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

怖(きょうふ)   terror

慌(きょうこう)   financial panic

竜(きょうりゅう)   dinosaur

妻家(きょうさいか)   hen-pecked husband

縮する(きょうしゅくする)   feel obliged, indebted

らく(おそらく)   perhaps

れる(おそれる)   fear [v.t.]

る(おそるおそる)   timidly

ろしい(おそろしい)   terrible, dreadful

Onyomi Examples

キョウコウ panic, scare, alarm, panic, financial panic

キョウカツ blackmail, extortion, threat (to extort money)

戦々 センセンキョウキョウ trembling with fear, filled with trepidation

サイキョウ scariest, most frightening

Kunyomi Examples

れる おそれる to fear, to be afraid of

おそる to fear, to be afraid

おそるおそる fearfully, timidly, nervously, cautiously, gingerly

ろしい おそろしい terrible, dreadful, terrifying, frightening, surprising, startling, tremendous, amazing

ろしい思いをする おそろしいおもいをする to find oneself fearful, to have an awful time

怖い こわい scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful

怖いもの見たさ こわいものみたさ curiosity of fear, urge to look at something frightening, wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant

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