惧
懼jù
#1,614 most
frequent character
to fear
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
惧 uses 忄 heart, for feeling, as the meaning part and 具 jù for the sound. It first meant to be terrified. That original sense still stands today.
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