漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嚇: menacing, dignity
Also: majesty, threaten
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 口mouth(meaning)
- 赫(sound)
口 carries the meaning · 赫 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 威嚇いかくthreat; intimidation; menace
- 嚇嚇かくかくbrilliant; bright; glorious
- 嚇怒かくどrage; fury
Also read おどす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 吓 · traditional, as in Japanese · xià
Japan keeps the traditional form 嚇; mainland China simplifies it to 吓.
- Simplified
- 吓 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嚇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xià most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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