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), Lashi kyuk (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! [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. (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.

3. to threaten; to intimidate

   恫嚇／恫吓  ―  dònghè  ―  to intimidate

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

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

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

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

• (to be afraid):

嚇

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

   嚇，豈有此理！／吓，岂有此理！  ―  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 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

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

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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. [Pinyin]

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2. Used to express astonishment.

   嚇，這是怎麽搞的！／吓，这是怎么搞的！  ―  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? [Pinyin]

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• 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] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(common “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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