訶 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hē

scold loudly

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

可 Sound component

kě, kè

able to

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hē

scold loudly, curse, abuse; to scold

Most common words with 訶

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	诃	to scold
	堂吉诃德	Don Quixote
	契诃夫	Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
	唐吉诃德	Don Quixote
	诃子	chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʰˤaj	xa	hē	shout, scold

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3687th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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