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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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 浾
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*sqraː
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| 嚇
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*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
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| 赦
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*hljaɡs
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| 郝
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*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
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| 赫
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*qʰraːɡ
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| 爀
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*qʰraːɡ
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| 赤
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*kʰljaɡ
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| 烾
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*kʰljaɡ
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| 螫
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*qʰjaːɡ
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| 赥
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*qʰleːɡ
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| 捇
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*qʰʷreːɡ
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| 焃
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*qʰʷreːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/d-krwak (“frighten”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan སྐྲག་ (skrag), Burmese ကြောက် (krauk), Lashi kyuk (Hill, 2019).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- xià - vernacular;
- hè - literary (stronger connotation of “to intimidate” than “to scare”).
Note:
- hiáh - vernacular;
- háik - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Anxi)
- (Hokkien: Nan'an)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
Note:
- hiak/hek/herk/hà - literary;
- hiahⁿ - vernacular (“to be scared (Xiamen, Taiwan, Quanzhou)”);
- heeh/hehⁿ - vernacular (“to be scared; to threaten; used to express intimidation”);
- heh - vernacular (“to be scared (Taiwan)”);
- hat - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嚇
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嚇
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hè
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xià
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xæk ›
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‹ xæH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰˁ<r>ak/
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/*qʰˁ<r>ak-s/
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| English
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frighten
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frighten
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嚇
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嚇
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1471
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1475
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Phonetic
component
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赤
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赤
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Rime
group
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暮
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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嚇
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赫
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰraːɡs/
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/*qʰraːɡ/
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| Notes
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見莊子
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Definitions
嚇
- (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.
- (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.
- to threaten; to intimidate
- 恫嚇／恫吓 ― dònghè ― to intimidate
- (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?
Synonyms
- 害怕 (hàipà)
- 忌 (jì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怕
- 怕懼／怕惧 (pàjù) (literary)
- 恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
- 懼怕／惧怕 (jùpà)
- 深怕 (shēnpà)
- 生怕 (shēngpà)
- 生畏 (shēngwèi) (literary)
- 畏怯 (wèiqiè)
- 畏懼／畏惧 (wèijù)
- 驚／惊 (dialectal)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Note:
- hiak/hek - literary;
- hehⁿ/hehⁿ - vernacular (“used to express astonishment; that's right; isn't it so”);
- he̍hⁿ - vernacular (“used to express astonishment; that's right”);
- heⁿ - (“isn't it so”);
- hiahⁿ/heh - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嚇
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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hè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xæk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰˁ<r>ak/
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| English
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frighten
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嚇
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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1475
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Phonetic
component
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赤
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Rime
group
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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赫
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰraːɡ/
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| Notes
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見莊子
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Definitions
嚇
- 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！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
于是鸱得腐鼠，鹓𬸅过之，仰而视之曰：「吓！」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Yúshì chī dé fǔ shǔ, yuānchú guò zhī, yǎng ér shì zhī yuē: “Hè!”
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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)
- 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，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?
- (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.
- (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?
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
嚇
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to threaten; to intimidate; to frighten
- (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
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
嚇
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嚇 • (ha, hyeok) (hangeul 하, 혁, revised ha, hyeok, McCune–Reischauer ha, hyŏk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嚇: Hán Nôm readings: hách, hạ
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