吓倒
xià​dǎo

intimidate

吓 xià scare Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 下 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚇.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
下
下 Sound component
xià, xia under

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

倒 dào, dǎo fall over

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 到 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

到
到 Sound component
dào, dao go to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤawʔ turn upside down (v.i.)
tawHtˤawʔ-s turn over, invert; pour

說文解字

《說文新附》：“倒，仆也。从人，到聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

嚇 xià scare Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

赫
赫 Sound component
hè, shì bright

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaekqʰˤ<r>ak frighten
xaeHqʰˤ<r>ak-s frighten

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart