嚇 (hè)
to intimidate; to threaten (pronunciation hè)
How 嚇 is written
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 嚇
- Simplified
- 吓
Components
- 口 mouth
- 赫 N/A
嚇 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- hè
- to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
- xià
- to frighten; to scare
Common words using 嚇
- 嚇唬 xiàhu
- to scare; to frighten
- 嚇壞 xiàhuài
- to be really frightened
- 驚嚇 jīngxià
- to frighten; to horrify; to terrify
- 嚇一跳 xiàyītiào
- startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin
- 嚇倒 xiàdǎo
- to be frightened
- 嚇傻 xiàshǎ
- to terrify; to scare sb
- 嚇破膽 xiàpòdǎn
- to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff
- 威嚇 wēihè
- to threaten; to intimidate; to cow
- 恐嚇 kǒnghè
- to threaten; to menace
- 恫嚇 dònghè
- to intimidate; to threaten
嚇 in a sentence
他被控恐嚇罪。
Tā bèi kòng kǒnghè zuì.
“He was charged with intimidation.”
How common is 嚇?
嚇 is the 1,464th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.3% of all running text.
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