Chinese Character 吓 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

吓 meaning[3] in English

To Scare.

To Intimidate.

To Threaten.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and down (下)

Its radical[1] is: (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RMY

How to write 吓

To writexia4to scare you should write a combination of kou3mouth , xia4down arranged in a shape:

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吓 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吓 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:xia4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Scare . To Intimidate . To Threaten . (Interjection Showing Disapproval) Tut-Tut . (Interjection Showing Astonishment)

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:xia4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Down . Downwards . Below . Lower . Later . Next (Week Etc) . Second (Of Two Parts) . To Decline . To Go Down . To Arrive At (A Decision, Conclusion Etc) . Measure Word To Show The Frequency Of An Action

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 吓in English or Chinese