嚇

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

• 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

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (“frighten”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐྲག་ (skrag), Burmese ကြောက် (krauk) (Hill, 2019).

嚇

1. (transitive) to frighten; to scare

   驚嚇／惊吓  ―  jīngxià  ―  to frighten

   嚇死寶寶了！／吓死宝宝了！  ―  Xià sǐ bǎobao le!  ―  (You) scared me!

   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.

   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.

   Her huge cough startled me.

2. (intransitive) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened

   儂覅嚇得個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬覅吓得个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁸veq-iau ⁷haq-teq-gheq [Wugniu]

   Don't be scared.

   伊嚇一下煞𣍐講話。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊吓一下煞𫧃讲话。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I hiahⁿ chi̍t-ē soah bōe kóng-ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He/she was scared, then could not say anything.

   害我嚇一下。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   害我吓一下。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Hāi góa hiahⁿ chi̍t-ē. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   It made me get scared.

3. to threaten; to intimidate

   恫嚇／恫吓  ―  dònghè  ―  to intimidate

   • 今子欲以子之梁國而嚇我邪？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     今子欲以子之梁国而吓我邪？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Jīn zǐ yù yǐ zǐ zhī Liáng Guó ér hè wǒ xié?

     Do you wish now, in your possession of the kingdom of Liang, to frighten me with a similar scream?' (transl. James Legge)

4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) Used to express intimidation

   你是正的嚇。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   你是正的吓。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí sī chiàⁿ ê heeh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   You really want to do it like this?

• (to be afraid):

嚇

1. Used to express disapproval, discontent, or resentment: tut-tut; humph

   嚇，豈有此理！ [MSC, trad.]
   吓，岂有此理！ [MSC, simp.]

   Hè, qǐyǒucǐlǐ!

   Tut-tut! Absurd!

   • 於是鴟得腐鼠，鵷鶵過之，仰而視之曰：「嚇！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     于是鸱得腐鼠，鹓𬸅过之，仰而视之曰：「吓！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Yúshì chī dé fǔ shǔ, yuānchú guò zhī, yǎng ér shì zhī yuē: “Hè!”

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   • 嚇，什麼都瞞不過我。 [MSC, trad.]
     吓，什么都瞒不过我。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921 January, Lu Xun, 《故鄉》

     Hè, shénme dōu mán bù guò wǒ.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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!

   Damn! How has this happened?

   • 嚇，你看，這多麽好打算？ [MSC, trad.]
     吓，你看，这多么好打算？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, 《祝福》

     Hè, nǐ kàn, zhè duōme hǎo dǎsuàn?

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   嚇，是咧變啥物鬼？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   吓，是咧变啥物鬼？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Hehⁿ, sī leh pìⁿ sahN-mih kúi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   What? What trickeries are you playing?

3. (Hokkien) Used to express a positive response: that's right; right

   嚇，你講的著是我。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   吓，你讲的著是我。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Hehⁿ, lí kóng ê to̍h sī góa. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   That's right, who you're talking about is precisely me.

4. (Hokkien) Placed at the end of a sentence to indicate doubt: isn’t it so?

   遮是恁兜嚇？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   遮是恁兜吓？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Chiâ sī lín tau hehⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   This is your house, isn't it so?

嚇

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to threaten; to intimidate; to frighten
2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to cow someone to submission

   嚇頭／吓头 [Hokkien]  ―  háⁿ-thâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to assume an intimidating and frightening posture

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00706
• “嚇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Query for 嚇”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(Jōyō kanji)

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

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

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嚇: Hán Nôm readings: hách, hạ

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