dreadful

Kowai
dreadful
Fu
Ho
Examples
fear
scary

怖 (Kowai) is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning “dreadful, be frightened, fearful”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 8 strokes.

On'yomi

  • Fu
  • Ho

Kun'yomi

  • Kowai
  • Kowagaru
  • Ojiru
  • Osoreru
JLPT
N3
Strokes
8
Taught in
secondary school

Example words with

  • fear
  • scary
  • phobia

Related kanji

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