恐 fear kong
Gong on top left is phonetic. 工
Wind or knife on the right shows the wind of change that fearsome thing 凡
心 xin Heart beneath tells us this is an emotional or intellectual state
怖 terror bu
Heart on the left (abbreviated form) this is an emotional or intellectual state
布 bu woven cloth on the right is phonetic but also a metaphor: your fears cover you, blind you, choke you like cloth
分 fen divide split apportion
eight 八 ba on top knife 刀 dao below, the knife chops downward, splits 1 一 yi1 into 8 八.
子 zi suffix like “-ist” “-err” “-ette”
One who divides up and apportions fear and terror. In other words: a t ERR OR ist. kongbufenzi