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诃

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to scold

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,161 U+8BC3

How 诃 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 可 (phonetic, kě)

components: 讠 可

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 可

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 可 (kě) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
可 sound component kě may, can, -able; possibly
阿 ā an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
河 hé river, stream; the Yellow river
柯 kē axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname
呵 hē to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)
苛 kē severe, harsh; rigorous, exacting
坷 kē uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil
轲 kě axle
蚵 é oyster
岢 kě the name of a mountain
疴 kē sickness, illness; pain
哿 gě excellent, capable; happy; to commend
舸 gě barge, large boat
钶 kē columbium

Words containing 诃

WordPinyinMeaning
摩诃婆罗多 Mó hē pó luó duō Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly origina…
堂吉诃德 Táng jí hē dé Don Quixote
唐吉诃德 Táng jí hē dé Don Quixote; also written 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]
诃子 hē zǐ chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
契诃夫 Qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
摩诃 mó hē transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great
诃斥 hē chì variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
诃叱 hē chì variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
诃谴 hē qiǎn variant of 呵譴|呵谴[he1 qian3]
谴诃 qiǎn hē to reprimand