担忧
dānyōu · HSK 6
be apprehensive
😟 担 = carry/shoulder + 忧 = worry; shouldering worry = be apprehensive
担 means to carry on the shoulder (hand radical 扌+ 旦 dawn); 忧 is worry (heart radical 忄+ 尤). Together: carrying worry on your shoulders, i.e. apprehensive.
担 — hand radical 扌 + 詹 (zhān, phonetic)
担 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 扌 (hand) gives the meaning of carrying or shouldering, while 詹 supplies the sound. Originally written 擔, it depicted bearing a load on a shoulder pole; 担 is the simplified form. Meanings extended from physical carrying to bearing responsibility.