唬

唬 U+552C, 唬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-552C ← 唫 [U+552B] CJK Unified Ideographs 唭 → [U+552D]

Translingual

Han character

唬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心弓 (RYPN) or 口卜心山 (RYPU), four-corner 6101₄, composition ⿰口虎)

Derived characters

• 𩞂/𧈐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 193, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3756
• Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 640, character 1
• Unihan data for U+552C

Chinese

trad.		唬
simp. #		唬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siao
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
    • Yale: syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaeH

Rime
Character	唬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼訝切
Baxter	xaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/xaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨH/
Li Rong	/xaH/
Wang Li	/xaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唬
Reading #	1/2
No.	5193
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嚇
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːs/

Definitions

唬

1. angry voice of tiger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guó (guo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guó
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²
    • Yale: gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
    • Palladius: го (go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwaek

Rime
Character	唬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古伯切
Baxter	kwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kwɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唬
Reading #	2/2
No.	5283
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	格
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːɡ/

Definitions

唬

1. voice of bird

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 唬 – see 號 (“to roar”). (This character is a variant form of 號).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haak³
    • Yale: haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³/

Definitions

唬

1. Alternative form of 嚇／吓 (“to frighten”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔ (hu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hu³
    • Yale: hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
    • Palladius: ху (xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu²
    • Yale: fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó
    • Tâi-lô: hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹/

Definitions

唬

1. to frighten or to fool

Compounds

• 唬人
• 唬鬼瞞神／唬鬼瞒神
• 嚇唬／吓唬 (xiàhu)
• 嚇眉唬眼／吓眉唬眼
• 詐唬／诈唬 (zhàhǔ)

 

References

• “唬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

唬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、こう (kō)、ごう (gō)、きょう (kyō)、かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

Korean

Hanja

唬 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho)

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