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怖 Stroke Order — How to Write 怖

Stroke Order

怖 is written in 8 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 忄, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

怖 Radical and Character Components

Components:忄布

怖 is a phono-semantic compound: 忄 (heart) carries the meaning, while 布 indicates the sound.

Radical: 忄 + 5 more strokes

怖 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • bù

Meanings of 怖 in Chinese

1

bù怖

fear, terror; dreadful, terrifying
那部电影的恐怖场景让观众感到非常不安。
The terrifying scenes in that movie made the audience feel very uneasy.

Words with 怖

  • kě可bù怖terrible; horrible
  • wèi畏bù怖fear and dread
  • zhèn振bù怖to fear; to dread
  • jīng惊bù怖shocked or frightened
  • kǒng恐bù怖terror, horror
  • kǒng恐bù怖piān片horror film, horror movie
  • bù怖jù惧fear, dread
  • kǒng恐bù怖diàn电yǐng影horror movie, horror film
  • jīng惊bù怖gǎn感Terror, Horror
  • kǒng恐bù怖gù故shi事horror story, scary story
  • kǒng恐bù怖chuán传shuō说Horror legend, Urban legend
  • sēn森rán然kě可bù怖Terrifyingly grim, Eerily dreadful
  • sēn森sēn森kě可bù怖Terrifying, Horrifying
  • xíng形mào貌kě可bù怖fearsome, dreadful
  • yīn阴sēn森kě可bù怖Eerie, Sinister

Idioms with 怖

  • bái白sè色kǒng恐bù怖atmosphere of intense fear and suppression
  • bù怖gē鸽huò获ān安Frightened person finds safety

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Questions about 怖

What does 怖 mean in Chinese?

怖 (bù) means “fear, terror” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 怖?

怖 is pronounced bù in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 怖 have?

怖 has 8 strokes.

How do you write 怖?

怖 is written in 8 strokes, starting from the radical 忄. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 怖?

The radical of 怖 is 忄, and 怖 is a phono-semantic compound.

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