Dong Chinese dictionary

xià, hè

scare

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 赫 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

赫 Sound component

hè

bright

嚇 and 赫 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.嚇 /*qʰˤ<r>ak/, /*qʰˤ<r>ak-s/
赫 /*qʰˤrak/

Definitions

吓 (嚇)

xià

scare, frighten; intimidate; to frighten

吓 (嚇)

hè

to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)

Most common words with 嚇

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	吓	to scare
	吓坏	to be really frightened
	恐吓	to threaten
	吓唬	to scare
	惊吓	to frighten

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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