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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pa4
- English meanings
- I'm afraid, dread, funk, I suppose, be afraid of, fear
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 忄; right 白.
Meaning & sound clues
忄 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “heart”.
白 is identified as the sound component (bái). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 怕.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
crack; smack
handkerchief
shin
to lie on one's stomach
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 可怕
- 哪怕
- 害怕
- 恐怕
- 生怕