吓傻
xià​shǎ

petrify

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

傻 shǎ foolish

Depicts a person (亻) with a gap in their skull (𡕩), i.e. with no brains.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

𡕩
𡕩 Meaning component
mǎn gap between bones in skull

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷraːʔ
sqʰʷraːs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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