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怖 = 布 + 忄
怖 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dreadful”. It is built from 布 (linen) and 忄 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 670.
- Keyword
- dreadful
- RTK frame
- 670
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- フ, ホ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- こわ.い, こわ.がる, お.じる, おそ.れる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ужасный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 怖 terror
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 怖 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “linen” + “heart”. 怖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 怖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.