呵喝 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hēhè

berate

ā, hē scold

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

可 Sound component

kě able to

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xa	qʰˤaj	scold
Zhengzhang		qʰaːl
		qʰaːls
Unicode	xɑ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

hē, he, hè drink

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		qraːds
		qʰoːb
		qʰaːd
Unicode	xɑt

說文解字

《說文》：“喝，也。从口，曷聲。”

Sources

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