怵 (chù): to fear; to dread

Meanings

他一点也不怵困难。

Tā yìdiǎn yě bú chù kùnnan.

He is not afraid of any difficulty at all.

面对伤害，我们心生怵惕。

Miànduì shānghài, wǒmen xīnshēng chù tì.

Facing the harm we feel a startled, fearful watchfulness.

usage

Colloquially 怵 means "to be afraid of", as in 他不怵 ("he isn't scared"). In classical Chinese it pairs as 怵惕, "alarmed and watchful".

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

忄 is the heart radical 心 in left-side form, marking 怵 as an emotion, here fear.

phonetic

术 shù

skill; technique

术 serves as the phonetic; the sound has shifted to chù. It carries no meaning in 怵.

怵 chù