怵 (chù) · to fear; to dread

Meanings

1 to fear; to dread
2 fearful; timid

Characters

怵

chù

to fear; fearful

Examples

HSK 4

他一点也不怵困难。

Tā yìdiǎn yě bú chù kùnnan.

He is not afraid of any difficulty at all.

HSK 7-9

面对伤害，我们心生怵惕。

Miànduì shānghài, wǒmen xīnshēng chùtì.

Facing the harm we feel a startled, fearful watchfulness.

Tips

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".

Components

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.

Stroke Order

怵 chù

Related Words

打怵 dǎchù

to feel daunted / to be afraid of (doing something) / to flinch at the thought of

恐惧 kǒngjù HSK 6 #1,641

fear; dread / terror

害怕 hàipà HSK 3 #529

to be afraid; to be scared / to fear; to dread

畏惧 wèijù HSK 7-9 #8,412

to fear / to dread / to be in awe of

惧怕 jùpà #9,130

to fear / to dread / to be afraid of

惶恐不安 huángkǒng-bù'ān

anxious and uneasy / restless with fear / gripped by dread

恐 kǒng #5,145

afraid; to fear / perhaps; I'm afraid that

恶 wù #2,888

to hate; to loathe; to detest / to be ashamed of; to fear / to slander

不怕 búpà #5,688

to not be afraid of / to not fear / fearless

恐怕 kǒngpà HSK 4 #1,287

I'm afraid that...; I fear that... / perhaps; probably (with worry)