恐 kǒng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
恐慌
kǒnghuāng
panic; alarm
Characters in this word
慌 huāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 荒 wasteland, desert
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 市场出现恐慌情绪时，监管部门更需要保持信息透明。 Shìchǎng chūxiàn kǒnghuāng qíngxù shí, jiānguǎn bùmén gèng xūyào bǎochí xìnxī tòumíng. When panic appears in the market, regulators need even more to keep information transparent.
- 听到地震的消息，人们一下子陷入了恐慌。 Tīngdào dìzhèn de xiāoxi, rénmen yíxiàzi xiànrù le kǒnghuāng. Hearing the news of the earthquake, people were suddenly seized by panic.
- 他一想到明天的考试就恐慌得睡不着觉。 Tā yì xiǎngdào míngtiān de kǎoshì jiù kǒnghuāng de shuì bù zháo jiào. Whenever he thinks of tomorrow's exam he gets so panicky he cannot sleep.
Related words
- 恐怕 kǒngpà I am afraid that
- 恐惧 kǒngjù fearful, terrified
- 恐怖 kǒngbù terrifying; terror; horror
- 恐吓 kǒnghè to threaten; to intimidate
- 恐龙 kǒnglóng dinosaur
- 争先恐后 zhēngxiānkǒnghòu to strive to be first and fear being last; to rush eagerly one after another
- 慌 huāng to panic
- 慌忙 huāngmáng hurriedly
- 慌乱 huāngluàn panicked; flustered; in disorder
- 慌张 huāngzhāng flustered; nervous; in a panic
- 惊慌 jīnghuāng panicked; alarmed
- 惊慌失措 jīnghuāngshīcuò to panic and be at a loss