慄

慄 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心一田木 (PMWD), four-corner 9109₄, composition ⿰忄栗)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 397, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11042
• Dae Jaweon: page 736, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2336, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6144
• Unihan data for U+F9D9

STEDT compared this to Tibetan བྲེད་པ་ (bred pa, “to be alarmed, scared”). If the relation is to be established, then this term is derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ray-t (“fear”).

Hong Kong Cantonese “to be scared” is borrowed from Taishanese 慄／栗 (nut⁵).

慄

1. to shiver; to shudder; to tremble
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be scared (of one's facial expression)
3. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to become weak and limp (of one's arms and legs due to fear, lack of strength, etc.)

慄

1. (originally Taishanese, now also Hong Kong Cantonese) to be scared

   alt. forms: 劣 (Hong Kong Cantonese)

   慄到唔敢喐／栗到唔敢喐 [Taishanese]  ―  to be so scared one won't dare move

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fear
2. tremble, shudder, shiver

• Go-on: りち (richi)
• Kan-on: りつ (ritsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 慄れる); おののく (ononoku, 慄く); ふるえる (furueru, 慄える)

This character is not used much in modern Japanese.

慄 • (ryul>yul) (hangeul 률>율, revised ryul>yul, McCune–Reischauer ryul>yul, Yale lyul>yul)

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慄: Hán Nôm readings: lật

1. translates as Lật or Rất which modifies adjectives or adverbs to mean very or extremely