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Variant of 懼. Sometimes explained to be a phonosemantic compound or a depiction of something looking around in fear.
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說文解字
《說文》：“懼，恐也。从心，瞿聲。愳，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)