憷
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Meaning: to be afraid
💡 Heart (忄) feels pain (楚) → fear makes you shrink.
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Character Story & Explanation
憷 (chù) means 'to be afraid' or 'to shrink back in fear.' It combines the heart radical 忄 (xīn) with 楚 (chǔ, 'clear/pain'), suggesting a heart feeling pain or fear. Though less common in daily conversation, it appears in literature and idioms to describe deep, often involuntary fear.
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