10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

fear

Kun'yomi
  • おそれる
On'yomi
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ショウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

fear
ショウ おそ.れる (Kentei 1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
bundle, sheaf, ream
ソク たば つか (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

shrinking back in fear ②feeling sorry (for troubling someone)
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References

Unicode hex code 609A
JIS X 0208 1-55-94
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1689
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1860
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10672
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k7.1
Four corner code 9509.6