This week’s #kanji is 恐, which is listed under its semantic element of #したごころ（心）. Its phonetic element is 巩, which is not used in the modern Japanese language. Can you read it and do you know what it means?
meaning: to be afraid, to worry, to scare
reading: キョウ、おそ、こわ*
恐喝（キョウカツ）: blackmail, extortion
世界（セカイ）恐慌（キョウコウ）: a world depression, a global financial crisis
恐縮（キョウシュク）する: to feel obliged, to deeply appreciate
恐縮ですが、本を貸していただけませんか。
きょうしゅくですが、ほんを かして いただけませんか。
I’m so sorry to trouble you, but could you lend me the book?
恐怖（キョウフ）: fear,fright, dread, horror, a scare
恐怖症（キョウフショウ）: a phobia
恐竜（キョウリュウ）: a dinosaur
恐（おそ）れる: to fear, to dread; to be apprehensive of, to worry about
失敗を恐れたら何もできない。
しっぱいを おそれたら なにも できない。
If you worried about failing, you’ll never accomplish anything.
恐（おそ）ろしい: terrifying, frightening, scary; amazing, startling
恐ろしい動物（ドウブツ）: a fierce animal
恐ろしい事件（ジケン）a horrible incident
<not official but common reading>
恐（こわ）い: terrible, dreadful, horrible. It is more common to write it 怖い.
