怖

Dreadful

Also: Be Frightened, Fearful, Scary, Fear

On'yomi

  • ふ fu
  • ほ ho

Kun'yomi

  • こわ(い) kowai
  • お o
  • おそ oso
Stroke count
8
Radical
心 heart · Kangxi radical 61
JLPT level
N3
School grade
Secondary school

怖 has 8 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 心 (heart), number 61. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N3 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji