怖
bù HSK7

terror

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 布 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

布
布 Sound component
bù cotton cloth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica