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怵

chù

Character

What 怵 means

1. fearful
2. timid
3. to fear

Words starting with 怵

• 怵惕chù tìto be alarmed; to be apprehensive
• 怵惧chù jùfear; dread; panic
• 怵然chù ránfearful
• 怵目惊心chù mù jīng xīnlit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see…

Words containing 怵

• 打怵dǎ chùto fear; to feel terrified
• 犯怵fàn chùto be afraid; to feel nervous
• 发怵fā chùto feel terrified; to grow apprehensive

Characters built on 术

These share the phonetic component 术 (shù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 沭shùriver in Shandong
• 秫shúglutinous sorghum

Sounds the same

Read chù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 触to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 处(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department…
• 畜livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
• 绌crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 矗lofty; upright
• 搐to twitch; to have a spasm
• 黜to dismiss from office; to expel
• 俶to begin
• 豖a shackled pig
• 亍to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍
• 憷to be afraid
• 歜(person); angry