惴
zhuì

afraid

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjols

說文解字

憂懼也。从心耑聲。《詩》曰：“惴惴其慄。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)