嚇

See also: 吓

Translingual

Han character

嚇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口土金金 (RGCC), four-corner 6403₁, composition ⿰口赫 or ⿰哧赤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 211, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4459
• Dae Jaweon: page 434, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 695, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5687

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Chinese

trad.		嚇
simp.		吓*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
浾	*sqraː
嚇	*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦	*hljaɡs
郝	*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫	*qʰraːɡ
爀	*qʰraːɡ
赤	*kʰljaɡ
烾	*kʰljaɡ
螫	*qʰjaːɡ
赥	*qʰleːɡ
捇	*qʰʷreːɡ
焃	*qʰʷreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚇

1. to frighten; to scare

   嚇死寶寶了！／吓死宝宝了！  ―  Xià sǐ bǎobao le!  ―  (You) scared me! [Internet slang, usually by females]

   • 我被這情景嚇到了。 [MSC, trad.]
     我被这情景吓到了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ bèi zhè qíngjǐng xià dào le. [Pinyin]

     I was frightened by the sight.

   • 她咳嗽的聲音很大，嚇了我一跳。 [MSC, trad.]
     她咳嗽的声音很大，吓了我一跳。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā késòu de shēngyīn hěn dà, xià le wǒ yī tiào. [Pinyin]

     Her huge cough startled me.

2. to threaten; to intimidate

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hè (he⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiak / hek / hiahⁿ / heh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hè
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴
    • Yale: hè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haak¹
    • Yale: hāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiak
    • Tâi-lô: hiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hek
    • Tâi-lô: hik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiahⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hiannh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiãʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiãʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heh
    • Tâi-lô: heh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /heʔ³²/

Note:

• hiak/hek - literary;
• hiahⁿ/heh - vernacular.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚇

1. used to express disapproval or resentment. tut-tut; humph
2. used to express astonishment

   • 嚇，這是怎麽搞的！ [MSC, trad.]
     吓，这是怎么搞的！ [MSC, simp.]

     Hè, zhè shì zěnme gǎo de! [Pinyin]

     Damn! How has this happened?

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

嚇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: おどす (odosu, 嚇す)

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Korean

Hanja

嚇 • (ha, hyeok) (hangeul 하, 혁, revised ha, hyeok, McCune–Reischauer ha, hyŏk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嚇 (hách, hạ)

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