Origin

This character combines a heart component on the left, which signals that the character relates to emotions or mental states, with the component for cloth on the right. The cloth component serves as a sound hint, telling you roughly how to pronounce the character, rather than contributing to its meaning. Together, they create a character meaning fear or dread — capturing the idea of a frightened heart or an emotional state of being afraid.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).