吓

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See also: 嚇
吓 U+5413, 吓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5413
← 吒
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吔 →

Translingual

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 吓 – see 嚇 (“to frighten; to scare; to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 嚇).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 吓
alternative forms 下

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)

  1. 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.   ―  Let me think about it for a while.
    我聽日行吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    我听日行吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 ting1 jat6 haang4 haa5.
    Tomorrow, I will take a little walk.
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    地方都幾大吓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    地方都几大吓。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    dei6 fong1 dou1 gei2 daai6 haa5.
    The place was actually quite big.
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)

  1. sentence-final particle used as question tag
  2. sentence-final particle used to remind someone of something / give caution; OK?
    你乖乖地坐喺度喇吓。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    nei5 gwaai1 gwaai1 dei6-2 co5 hai2 dou6 laa3 haa2.
    Sit here and behave, OK?
  3. huh?; what? Used to express confusion, doubt, surprise, or disbelief.

Pronunciation 3

Note:
  • haa5 - after characters with tone 2;
  • haa2 - after characters with other tones.
    Definitions

    吓 (Cantonese)

    1. Used to an ongoing action that is interrupted by some other action. The verb is always reduplicated.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    吓

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. scared
    2. frighten, intimidate

    Readings

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