骇
to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,816 U+9A87
How 骇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 亥 (phonetic, hài)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 亥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 亥 (hài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亥 sound component | hài | 12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations |
| 核 | hé | core, kernel; nut, seed; atom |
| 刻 | kè | to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment |
| 孩 | hái | baby, child; children |
| 该 | gāi | should, ought to, must |
| 咳 | hāi | to cough |
| 骸 | hái | skeleton, body; leg bone |
| 颏 | kē | chin |
| 赅 | gāi | to include; to prepare for |
| 劾 | hé | to look into; to impeach, to charge |
| 氦 | hài | helium |
| 垓 | gāi | border, boundary, frontier |
| 阂 | hé | separated, blocked; to prevent, to block |
| 胲 | hǎi | hydroxylamine |
| 陔 | gāi | ledge, step, terrace; slope |
Words containing 骇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骇人听闻 | hài rén tīng wén | shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible |
| 惊世骇俗 | jīng shì hài sú | universally shocking; to offend the whole of society |
| 杀鸡骇猴 | shā jī hài hóu | see 殺雞儆猴|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2] |
| 骇人 | hài rén | terrifying; shocking; dreadful |
| 骇然 | hài rán | overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement; dumbstruck; aghast |
| 骇客 | hài kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 骇异 | hài yì | (literary) astonished; shocked; amazed |
| 防骇 | fáng hài | anti-hacker |
| 威骇 | wēi hài | to intimidate |
| 惊骇 | jīng hài | to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified |
| 震骇 | zhèn hài | to astonish; to horrify |
| 骇浪 | hài làng | swelling or stormy seas |
| 惊涛骇浪 | jīng tāo hài làng | perilous situation |
| 骇怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be frightened |