| Chinese Text Project |
| 懼 U+61FC |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 惧 Semantic variant Simplified character | 愳 Semantic variant | 𢡔 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 心+ 18 strokes = 21 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.366#1 Kangxi: p.408#43 Cihai: p.549r5c07 GSR: 96.i Hanyu: v4,p2371#07 |
| Composition: | Left: 忄, right: 瞿. Component of: 𭟨 |
| Mandarin: | jù ㄐㄩˋ |
| Cantonese: | geoi6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | ghiò |
| Shuowen: | 《心部》懼：恐也。从心瞿聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·遇·懼》懼：怖懼。其遇切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·十八》懼：〔古文〕愳𢡔《唐韻》其遇切《集韻》《韻會》衢遇切，𠀤音具。《說文》恐也。从心瞿聲。或省作瞿。又《集韻》俱遇切《正韻》居遇切，𠀤音屨。《集韻》無守貌。又《集韻》懽俱切，音劬。亦恐也。《前漢·惠帝贊》聞叔孫通之諫，則懼然。《東方朔傳》吳王懼然易容。 |
| Fanqie: | 其遇 (《廣韻·去聲·遇·懼》) |
| Unihan definition: | fear, be afraid of, dread |
Example usage
| 《論語·里仁》: | 一則以喜，一則以懼。 |
| As an occasion at once for joy and for fear. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公下》: | 孔子懼，作《春秋》。 |
| Confucius was afraid, and made the "Spring and Autumn." | |
| 《禮記·曲禮上》: | 孝子不服暗，不登危，懼辱親也。 |
| A filial son will not do things in the dark, nor attempt hazardous undertakings, fearing lest he disgrace his parents. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「作此者，其有懼乎？」 |
| Yangzi said: Does someone who thinks this way have anything to fear? | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 是故軍之法輕刺血，孟賁勇也，聞軍令懼。 |
| It is the effect of military discipline to make light of cuts and blood. Meng Ben was bold, but on hearing the order for the army he became afraid. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 木處則惴慄恂懼，猨猴然乎哉？ |
| If he be living in a tree, he will be frightened and all in a tremble; but will it be so with a monkey? | |
| 《道德經》: | 民不畏死，奈何以死懼之？ |
| The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death? | |
| 《商君書·賞刑》: | 晉國之士，稽焉皆懼，曰：「顛頡之有寵也，斷以殉，況於我乎？」 |
| The scholars of the state of Jin, having investigated the matter, were all afraid, and said: 'Considering that Dien Xie was a favourite and still he has been sawn through, as an expiatory death, how will it fare with us?' | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 夏后使求，懼而遷去。 |
| But the latter having sent some one to look for it, he became frightened and ran away. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 故有知非以慮是，則謂之懼。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 哀公懼焉 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 晉魯懼怒，內悉其眾，外得黨與曹衛，四國相輔，大困之奸，獲齊頃公，逄丑父。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 其僕曰：「子懼、何不反也？」 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 曾子懼，肅然摳衣下席曰：「弟子知其不孫也，得夫子之間也難，是以敢問也。」 |
| 《白虎通德論·京師》: | 所以均教道，平往來，使善易以聞，為惡易以聞，明當懼慎，損於善惡。 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 夫民之於其上也，接而懼，必走去，戰由此敗也。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 虞之謀行而趙霸，此存亡之樞機，樞機之發，間不及旋踵，是故虞卿一言，而秦之震懼趁風馳指而請備，故善謀之臣，其於國豈不重哉？ |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 君子之於己也，無事而不懼焉。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 齊侯懼，有慚色。 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 居無何，烈風興而澤雨作，灌巨豕而惡塗渝，逐駭懼，真聲出，乃知是家之艾猳爾。 |
| 《太玄經·周》: | 測曰，「出我入我」、不可不懼也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 私懼後進，益以迷昧，聊以不才，舉爾所知，方以類聚，凡一十卷，謂之《風俗通義》。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 奚至懼之哉。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 民不畏死，不可懼以罪，民不樂生，不可觀以善，雖使禼布五教，咎繇作士，政不行焉。 |
| 《忠經·政理章》: | 刑臨以威，知懼無犯。 |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 於是齊人懼然而恐，君臣易操，不安其故行，乃歸魯四邑之侵地，終無乘魯之心，鄰□振動，人懷嚮魯之意，強國驕君，莫不恐懼，邪臣佞人，變行易慮，天下之政，□□而折中。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 豈有伏罪懼考，反求遷轉，更相倣效，臧否無章。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 無說而懼，說在弗心。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 死生驚懼，不入乎其胸，是故遌物而不慴。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 富者觀其所予，足以知仁，貴者觀其所舉，足以知忠，觀其大𥘽，長不讓少，貴不讓賤，足以知禮達，觀其所不行，足以知義，受官任治，觀其去就，足以知智，迫之不懼，足以知勇，口利辭巧，足以知辯，使之不隱，足以知信，貧者觀其所不取，足以知廉，賤者觀其所不為，足以知賢，測深觀天，足以知聖。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 君數易法，國數易君，人以其位達其好憎，下之任懼不可勝理，故君失一，其亂甚於無君也，君必執一而後能群矣。 |
| 《文始真經·四符》: | 或曰當懼者。 |
| 《列仙傳·瑕丘仲》: | 棄仲者懼，叩頭求哀，仲曰：「恨汝使人知我耳，吾去矣。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 下士貪狠多欲，見道柔弱，謂之恐懼，見道質樸，謂之鄙陋，故大笑之。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 因令象武發東郡之卒，闚兵於境上而未名所之，則齊人懼而從蘇之計，是我兵未出而勁韓以威擒，強齊以義從矣。 |
| 《管子·版法解》: | 殺僇必信，民畏而懼。 |
| 《孫子兵法·九地》: | 兵士甚陷則不懼，無所往則固，深入則拘，不得已則鬥。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 此楚莊王之所憂，而君說之，臣竊懼矣 |
| 《六韜·軍勢》: | 故曰：無恐懼，無猶豫。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 周賞於朝，戮於市，勸君子，懼小人也。 |
| 《尉繚子·攻權》: | 兵有勝於朝廷，有勝於原野，有勝於市井，鬥則得，服則失，幸以不敗，此不意彼驚懼而曲勝之也。 |
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