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恐怖症 (kǒng bù zhēng) — phobia

Definition

noun
phobia
Measure word · 种

Examples

  • 恐怖症。
    Tā huàn yǒu yán zhòng de kǒng bù zhēng.
    He suffers from a severe phobia.
  • 恐怖症。
    Zhè zhǒng kǒng bù zhēng ràng tā bù gǎn zuò fēi jī.
    This kind of phobia makes him afraid to fly on airplanes.
  • 恐怖症。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài yán jiū zhì liáo kǒng bù zhēng de xīn fāng fǎ.
    Doctors are researching new methods to treat phobias.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

恐怖fear
恐kǒngfear怖bùfear
联合Coordinate
症zhèngillness

恐 and 怖 give fear, and 症 gives illness.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢀜
𢀜𢀜恐kǒng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

恐 is written with 心 (heart). The older form pairs 心 with 𢀜; the modern form can be read as 巩 above 心.

Open 恐 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
布
布bù怖bù
Same sound today

怖 is made of 忄, the heart, and 布, which gives the sound. The heart side shows fear.

Open 怖 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng症zhèng
Same sound today

The left part 疒 shows it is about disease. The right part 正 is used for the sound.

Open 症 →
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