畏
Meanings
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- 1.to fear
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Wiktionary
- 1.to fear
- 2.to respect; to admire
- 3.a surname, Wei
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *quls): semantic 卜 + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ). In the bronze inscriptions, 心 and 攴 were sometimes added. During the Warring States period, the 卜 corrupted into 止. Hsiao-ting Li: In oracle bone script form, this character depicts a ghost 鬼 standing and holding a stick. Shuowen mistakes the small seal glyph as a ghost head (甶) with part of a tiger, including its claw. Exoactive derivative of 威 (OC *qul, “to overawe”), lit. "to be intimidated" (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我無所畏懼。
I'm fearless.
天使畏懼處, 愚人敢闖入。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
孤獨的人會孤獨，是因為他畏懼他人。
Lonely people tend to be afraid of meeting others, which ensures they will always be lonely.
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Derived terms
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