吓

See also: 嚇

吓 U+5413, 吓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5413 ← 吒 [U+5412] CJK Unified Ideographs 吔 → [U+5414]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 吓 – see 嚇 (“to frighten; to scare; to threaten; to intimidate; etc.”). (This character, 吓, is the simplified form of 嚇.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吓

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁵
    • Yale: háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /häː¹³/

Definitions

吓

1. (Cantonese) grammatical particle used to emphasise an activity which goes on for a brief moment. for a while; for a moment
   • 等我諗吓。 / 等我谂吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Dang² ngo⁵ nam² haa⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Let me think about it for a while.
   • 我聽日行吓。 / 我听日行吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  Ngo⁵ ting¹ jat⁶ haang⁴ haa⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Tomorrow, I will take a little walk.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 一下 (yīxià)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa²
    • Yale: há
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /häː³⁵/

Definitions

吓

1. (Cantonese) sentence-final particle used as question tag
2. (Cantonese) sentence-final particle used to remind someone of something / give caution; OK?

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Japanese

Kanji

吓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scared
2. frighten, intimidate

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku); か (ka)