恐kǒng
fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread. 10 strokes, radical 心, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin kǒngStrokes 10Radical 心Band HSK 3Words 1
What 恐 is made of
巩 (gǒng, to bind) and 心 (xīn, heart).
心 carries the meaning — heart — and 巩 carries the sound.
How to write 恐
Strokes 1–6 write 巩, then strokes 7–10 write 心.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 恐
Words that use 恐
| 恐怕 | probably, said while worrying something bad will happen 说话人猜测某事很可能会发生，带点担心 天这么黑，恐怕晚上会下大雨。The sky is this dark — probably, I fear it will rain hard tonight. Lesson 123, 内心世界 · 人际沟通与情感态度 · Interpersonal Connections & Emotional Expressions |
More characters with the radical 心
All 60 of them, and what the radical means, on the 心 radical page.