唬

Translingual

Han character

唬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心弓 (RYPN) or 口卜心山 (RYPU), four-corner 6101₄, composition ⿰口虎)

Derived characters

𩞂/𧈐

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 193, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3756
Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 640, character 1
Unihan data for U+552C

Chinese

trad.		唬
simp. ^#		唬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
唬	qʰraːs, kʷraːɡ
戲	qʰral, qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	raː, ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	qʰaː, qʰʷa, qʰaː, qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	ra, ras
櫖	ra, ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	kʰljaʔ, kʰljas
豦	kas, ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	kas, ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	kas, ɡas
虛	kʰa, qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	ɡa, ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	ɡa, ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	qʰa, qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāo (xiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: xaeH

Rime
Character	唬
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼訝切
Baxter	xaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xa^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨ^H/
Li Rong	/xa^H/
Wang Li	/xa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haa³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唬
Reading #	1/2
No.	5193
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嚇
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːs/

Definitions

唬

angry voice of tiger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guó (guo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guó
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guó
  - Wade–Giles: kuo²
  - Yale: gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
  - Palladius: го (go)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwaek

Rime
Character	唬
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陌 (114)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古伯切
Baxter	kwaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠwæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kuɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kwɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwak¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	唬
Reading #	2/2
No.	5283
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	格
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːɡ/

Definitions

唬

voice of bird

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 唬 – see 號 (“to roar”). (This character is a variant form of 號).

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sià
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
  - Yale: syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
  - Palladius: ся (sja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: haak³
  - Yale: haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³/

Definitions

唬

Alternative form of 嚇／吓 (“to frighten”)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔ (hu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hu³
  - Yale: hǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
  - Palladius: ху (xu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó
  - Tâi-lô: hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹/

Definitions

唬

to frighten or to fool

Compounds

References

“唬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

唬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、こう (kō)、ごう (gō)、きょう (kyō)、かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

Korean

Hanja

唬 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho)

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