駭
hài

terrify

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛjX[ɡ]ˤrəʔalarmed
Zhengzhangɡrɯːʔ
Unicodehæ̀i

說文解字

驚也。从馬亥聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

骇 hài terrify Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駭.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode