Dong Chinese dictionary

fear

Variant of 懼. Sometimes explained to be a phonosemantic compound or a depiction of something looking around in fear.

Components

䀠 Unknown component

jù

to look from side to side

心 Unknown component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jù

a Chinese family name, the timid look of a bird; (of birds) to look around, nervous (same as 瞿) shocked or scared

xīn

heart; mind, intelligence; soul

xīn

heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]

jù

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