怕 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

pàPà HSK2

to fear

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

忄 is a component form of 心.

白 Sound component

Change in sound

怕 and 白 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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《說文》：“怕，無為也。从心，白聲。”