吓

See also: 嚇

吓 U+5413, 吓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5413 ← 吒 [U+5412] CJK Unified Ideographs 吔 → [U+5414]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

吓 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜 (RMY), composition ⿰口下)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3306
• Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 577, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5413

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 吓 – see 嚇 (“to frighten; to scare; to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 嚇).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		吓
alternative forms		下

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa⁵
    • Yale: háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː¹³/

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)

1. grammatical particle used to emphasise an activity which goes on for a brief moment. for a while; for a moment

   等我諗吓。／等我谂吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  dang² ngo⁵ nam² haa⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Let me think about it for a while.

   我聽日行吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   我听日行吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ ting¹ jat⁶ haang⁴ haa⁵. [Jyutping]

   Tomorrow, I will take a little walk.

   周卿家，同朕再check吓。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   From: 2003, 帝女花 [Perish in the Name of Love], spoken by 崇禎帝 [Chongzhen Emperor] (Moses Chan)

   zau¹ hing¹ gaa¹, tung⁴ zam⁶ zoi³ check haa⁵. [Jyutping]

   Minister Chow, please check on this for me.

2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   地方都幾大吓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   地方都几大吓。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   dei⁶ fong¹ dou¹ gei² daai⁶ haa⁵. [Jyutping]

   The place was actually quite big.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 一下 (yīxià)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa²
    • Yale: há
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː³⁵/

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)

1. sentence-final particle used as question tag
2. sentence-final particle used to remind someone of something / give caution; OK?

   你乖乖地坐喺度喇吓。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ gwaai¹ gwaai¹ dei^6-2 co⁵ hai² dou⁶ laa³ haa². [Jyutping]

   Sit here and behave, OK?

3. huh?; what? Used to express confusion, doubt, surprise, or disbelief.

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa² / haa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa² / haa⁵
    • Yale: há / háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa² / haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha² / ha⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː³⁵/, /haː¹³/

Note:

• haa5 - after characters with tone 2;
• haa2 - after characters with other tones.

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)

1. Used to an ongoing action that is interrupted by some other action. The verb is always reduplicated.

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

吓 (Cantonese, Hakka)

1. Used in place names.

Japanese

Kanji

吓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. scared
2. frighten, intimidate

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、か (ka)