恫吓
dòng​hè

intimidate

恫 dòng, tōng in pain

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰoːŋ
doːŋs

說文解字

痛也。一曰呻吟也。从心同聲。

Sources

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

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

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