dreadful, be frightened, fearful
怖 centers on the feeling of fear or dread: being frightened, fearful, or finding something dreadful.
怖 combines the heart radical 忄 with 布, which likely contributes the sound. The heart radical suggests an emotional state, here fear or dread.
The heart radical 忄 beside 布 (cloth) suggests a heart wrapped in cloth, trembling with fear. Imagine a frightened person clutching a cloth to their chest.
For フ, imagine a fearful person blowing out a candle with a soft 'fu' sound: fu -> フ, and the darkness makes them even more frightened.
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic
phobia; morbid fear
to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of); to worry (about)
awe; fear; dread; fright
fear; dread; fright; willies
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to be scared
pathological fear of passing wind
Islamophobia
arachnophobia
mysophobia; germophobia
bashfulness before strangers
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
xenophobia
gynophobia; fear of women
eremophobia; monophobia
anthropophobia; social anxiety disorder
agoraphobia
frightening; terrifying