shè

afraid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

聂 sound component

  Sound component

niè

  

whisper

Evolution

慑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
慑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
慑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shè

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

() 

shè

terrified

Most common words with 慑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

震慑

to awe

威慑

deterrence

afraid

慑服

to overawe

核威慑

nuclear deterrence

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2970th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

Unicode

U+6151


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