怖

怖 — dreadful, be frightened, fearful

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1325 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ふ fu

ほ ho
Kun'yomi: こわ.い kowa.i

こわ.がる kowa.garu

お.じる o.jiru

おそ.れる oso.reru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 怖

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