Chinese Character 嚇 Meanings and components.

Form

嚇

Meaning

嚇 meaning[3] in English

To Scare.

To Intimidate.

To Threaten.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with RGCC

How to write 嚇

To write嚇xia4to scare you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 赫he4surname He arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 赫 = 嚇

嚇 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

嚇
Pinyin:xia4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Scare . To Intimidate . To Threaten . (Interjection Showing Disapproval) Tut-Tut . (Interjection Showing Astonishment)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
赫
Pinyin:he4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname He
赤
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Red . Scarlet . Bare . Naked

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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