shè

afraid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

聶 sound component

  Sound component

niè

  

whisper

Evolution

懾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
懾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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shè

afraid, scared, fearful; afraid; be feared; to fear; to frighten; to intimidate

Most common words with 懾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

震慑

to awe

威慑

deterrence

afraid

慑服

to overawe

核威慑

nuclear deterrence