恐
kǒng HSK3

fear

恐 kǒng
fear adverb
to dread or be afraid that something might happen

恐有不测，我们还是尽早做好准备。

kǒng yǒu bù​cè, wǒ​men hái​shi jǐn​zǎo zuò hǎo zhǔn​bèi.

Fearing the unexpected, we should prepare as early as possible.

fear of adverb
to have a phobia of or to be afraid of something

因为恐高，他从来不敢尝试蹦极运动。

yīn​wèi kǒng gāo, tā cóng​lái bù gǎn cháng​shì bèng​jí yùn​dòng.

Because of his fear of heights, he never dared to try bungee jumping.

afraid adjective
feeling fear or being in a state of fright

听到那个可怕的消息，他内心惶恐不安。

tīng​dào nà​gè kě​pà de xiāo​xi, tā nèi​xīn huáng kǒng bù'ān.

Hearing that terrible news, he felt terrified and uneasy.

Frequency
Character
Written text
891st most common 194.7 per million
Movie subtitles
694th most common 190.1 per million appears in 57% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.5 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
12.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6050

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)