恐惧症 (kǒng jù zhèng) — phobia | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

phobia

Examples

恐惧症。
Tā duì zhī zhū yǒu yán zhòng de kǒng jù zhèng.
He has a severe phobia of spiders.
恐惧症。
Shè jiāo kǒng jù zhèng ràng tā zài rén duō de dì fāng hěn jǐn zhāng.
Social phobia makes him very nervous in crowded places.
，恐惧症。
Jīng guò zhì liáo, tā de kǒng jù zhèng yǐ jīng hǎo duō le.
After treatment, her phobia has gotten much better.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

恐惧fear

恐kǒngfear惧jùfear

联合Coordinate

症zhèngdisease

恐 and 惧 both mean fear, and with 症 they name a condition of intense fear.

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.

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

忄具惧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

具

具jù惧jù

Same sound today

In 惧, the left part is 忄, the heart, and the right part 具 gives the sound.

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

疒正症

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.

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