嚇
xiàhè HSK5

scare

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component

mouth

赫
赫 Sound component

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