诃
hē

scold loudly

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訶.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訶 scold loudly Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaqʰˤajshout, scold
Zhengzhangqʰaːl

說文解字

大言而怒也。从言可聲。

Sources

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