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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 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》惧：恐也。从心瞿声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·遇·惧》惧：怖惧。其遇切，四。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·十八》惧：〔古文〕愳𢡔《唐韵》其遇切《集韵》《韵会》衢遇切，𠀤音具。《说文》恐也。从心瞿声。或省作瞿。又《集韵》俱遇切《正韵》居遇切，𠀤音屦。《集韵》无守貌。又《集韵》欢俱切，音劬。亦恐也。《前汉·惠帝赞》闻叔孙通之谏，则惧然。《东方朔传》吴王惧然易容。 |
| Fanqie: | 其遇 (《广韵·去声·遇·惧》) |
| Unihan definition: | fear, be afraid of, dread |
Example usage
| 《论语·里仁》: | 一则以喜，一则以惧。 |
| As an occasion at once for joy and for fear. | |
| 《孟子·滕文公下》: | 孔子惧，作《春秋》。 |
| Confucius was afraid, and made the "Spring and Autumn." | |
| 《礼记·曲礼上》: | 孝子不服暗，不登危，惧辱亲也。 |
| A filial son will not do things in the dark, nor attempt hazardous undertakings, fearing lest he disgrace his parents. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“作此者，其有惧乎？” |
| Yangzi said: Does someone who thinks this way have anything to fear? | |
| 《论衡·率性》: | 是故军之法轻刺血，孟贲勇也，闻军令惧。 |
| 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. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 木处则惴栗恂惧，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? | |
| 《道德经》: | 民不畏死，奈何以死惧之？ |
| The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death? | |
| 《商君书·赏刑》: | 晋国之士，稽焉皆惧，曰：“颠颉之有宠也，断以殉，况于我乎？” |
| 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?' | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 夏后使求，惧而迁去。 |
| But the latter having sent some one to look for it, he became frightened and ran away. | |
| 《荀子·解蔽》: | 故有知非以虑是，则谓之惧。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 哀公惧焉 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 晋鲁惧怒，内悉其众，外得党与曹卫，四国相辅，大困之奸，获齐顷公，逄丑父。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 其仆曰：“子惧、何不反也？” |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 曾子惧，肃然抠衣下席曰：“弟子知其不孙也，得夫子之间也难，是以敢问也。” |
| 《白虎通德论·京师》: | 所以均教道，平往来，使善易以闻，为恶易以闻，明当惧慎，损于善恶。 |
| 《新书·大政上》: | 夫民之于其上也，接而惧，必走去，战由此败也。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 虞之谋行而赵霸，此存亡之枢机，枢机之发，间不及旋踵，是故虞卿一言，而秦之震惧趁风驰指而请备，故善谋之臣，其于国岂不重哉？ |
| 《中论·修本》: | 君子之于己也，无事而不惧焉。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 齐侯惧，有惭色。 |
| 《潜夫论·贤难》: | 居无何，烈风兴而泽雨作，灌巨豕而恶涂渝，逐骇惧，真声出，乃知是家之艾猳尔。 |
| 《太玄经·周》: | 测曰，“出我入我”、不可不惧也。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 私惧后进，益以迷昧，聊以不才，举尔所知，方以类聚，凡一十卷，谓之《风俗通义》。 |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 奚至惧之哉。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 民不畏死，不可惧以罪，民不乐生，不可观以善，虽使禼布五教，咎繇作士，政不行焉。 |
| 《忠经·政理章》: | 刑临以威，知惧无犯。 |
| 《新语·辨惑》: | 于是齐人惧然而恐，君臣易操，不安其故行，乃归鲁四邑之侵地，终无乘鲁之心，邻□振动，人怀向鲁之意，强国骄君，莫不恐惧，邪臣佞人，变行易虑，天下之政，□□而折中。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 岂有伏罪惧考，反求迁转，更相仿效，臧否无章。 |
| 《墨子·经下》: | 无说而惧，说在弗心。 |
| 《列子·黄帝》: | 死生惊惧，不入乎其胸，是故遌物而不慑。 |
| 《鶡冠子·道端》: | 富者观其所予，足以知仁，贵者观其所举，足以知忠，观其大𥘽，长不让少，贵不让贱，足以知礼达，观其所不行，足以知义，受官任治，观其去就，足以知智，迫之不惧，足以知勇，口利辞巧，足以知辩，使之不隐，足以知信，贫者观其所不取，足以知廉，贱者观其所不为，足以知贤，测深观天，足以知圣。 |
| 《文子·道德》: | 君数易法，国数易君，人以其位达其好憎，下之任惧不可胜理，故君失一，其乱甚于无君也，君必执一而后能群矣。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 或曰当惧者。 |
| 《列仙传·瑕丘仲》: | 弃仲者惧，叩头求哀，仲曰：“恨汝使人知我耳，吾去矣。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 下士贪狠多欲，见道柔弱，谓之恐惧，见道质朴，谓之鄙陋，故大笑之。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 因令象武发东郡之卒，闚兵于境上而未名所之，则齐人惧而从苏之计，是我兵未出而劲韩以威擒，强齐以义从矣。 |
| 《管子·版法解》: | 杀僇必信，民畏而惧。 |
| 《孙子兵法·九地》: | 兵士甚陷则不惧，无所往则固，深入则拘，不得已则斗。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 此楚庄王之所忧，而君说之，臣窃惧矣 |
| 《六韬·军势》: | 故曰：无恐惧，无犹豫。 |
| 《司马法·天子之义》: | 周赏于朝，戮于市，劝君子，惧小人也。 |
| 《尉缭子·攻权》: | 兵有胜于朝廷，有胜于原野，有胜于市井，斗则得，服则失，幸以不败，此不意彼惊惧而曲胜之也。 |
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