huáng
fearful
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 皇 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 惶
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
terrified | ||
frightened | ||
panic-stricken | ||
alarmed | ||
in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.7299% of movies
2959th most common character in movies
2320th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+60F6 |
Shuowen | “惶，恐也。从心，皇聲。” |
Sources
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