怖 (bou3 | bu4) : fear, be afraid of

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怖

bou3

bu4

[1] fear; be afraid of; terrified; frightened
[2] [v] frighten; threaten

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

怖

This word has been viewed 2495 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Sep 2009 05:38

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恐怖 hung2 bou3 kong3 bu4 = terror

恐怖份子 hung2 bou3 fan6 zi2 kong3 bu4 fen4 zi3 = terrorist

恐怖主義者 hung2 bou3 zyu2 ji6 ze2 kong3 bu4 zhu3 yi4 zhe3 = terrorist

恐怖襲擊 hung2 bou3 zaap6 gik1 kong3 bu4 xi2 ji1 = terrorist attack

恐怖片 hung2 bou3 pin3*2 kong3 bu4 pian4 = horror movie

白色恐怖 baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3 bai2 se4 kong3 bu4 = White Terror

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Decimal representation of this word: 怖
Unicode code for this character: U+6016 (off-site link)

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