恐

恐 — fear, dread, awe

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 10
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #878 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: きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: おそ.れる oso.reru

おそ.る oso.ru

おそ.ろしい oso.roshii

こわ.い kowa.i

こわ.がる kowa.garu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 恐

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