恐

恐 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓心 (MNP) or 難一弓心 (XMNP), four-corner 1733₁, composition ⿱⿰工凡心(GJKV) or ⿱⿰工⿹⺄㐅心(HT))

• 𠺱, 𢟈, 𦃵, 𫻐, 𦶐, 𮅱

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 384, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10552
• Dae Jaweon: page 714, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2289, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6050

In the Shuowen Jiezi appears as phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs) : phonetic 𢀜 () + semantic 心 (“heart”). The modern form can be interpreted as phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs) : phonetic 巩 (OC *koŋʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”)

恐

1. to fear; to be afraid
2. fearful; apprehensive
3. perhaps; may (not)

• “恐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fear; be afraid
2. threaten
3. probably

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←きよう (kyou, historical)}
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 恐れる, Jōyō)、おそろしい (osoroshii, 恐ろしい, Jōyō)、おそれ (osore)、こわい (kowai, 恐い)、おそらく (osoraku, 恐らく) see

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [공]

 

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

恐

Wikisource

恐 (eumhun 두려울 공 (duryeoul gong))

1. hanja form^? of 공 (“fear, be scared, be apprehensive”)

恐: Hán Việt readings: khúng, khủng
恐: Nôm readings: khủng, thứ

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