EntryCommonWaniKani 31
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    to be afraid (of); to fear; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of); to worry (about)

    彼女はヘビをとてもこわがっている。
    She has a great fear of snakes.

Also written 恐がる【こわがる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dreadful, be frightened, fearful

Kun
こわ.いこわ.がるお.じるおそ.れる
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1325 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 29

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
4k5.6The Kanji Dictionary
9402.7Four corner code
1144deroo
6016Unicode hex code
1-41-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1662Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1817New Nelson (John Haig)
296New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
353Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
623Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
670Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1593A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1784Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10450Morohashi
1749A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1814Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1959Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1173Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1451Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
810Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
630Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4Pinyin reading
poKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level