吓

See also 嚇

Translingual

Han character

吓 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜 (RMY))

1. scare, frighten
2. intimidate

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3306
• Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 577, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5413

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Cantonese

Hanzi

吓 (traditional 嚇, jyutping haa3, haa5, haak3, Yale ha3, ha5, haak3)

Grammatical particle used to emphasise an activity which goes on for a brief moment. The usage would be similar to adding for a while/moment. See Mandarin 一下

Example

1. 等我諗吓。

   dang2 ngo5 nam2 haa5

   Let me think about it for a while.

2. 我聽日行吓

   ngo5 ting1-jat6 haang4-haa5

   Tomorrow, I will take a little walk.

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Japanese

Kanji

吓

Readings

• On: か (ka)
• Kun: おどす (odosu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

吓 (traditional 嚇, pinyin hè (he4), xià (xia4), Wade-Giles ho⁴, hsia⁴)