呵

See also: 訶

呵 - Translingual

Han character

呵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓口 (RMNR), four-corner 61020, composition ⿰口可)

Derived characters

𦱕, 𭊀

呵 - Chinese

simp. and trad.		呵

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	kaːl, ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	kaːlʔ, kaːnʔ
軻	kʰaːl, kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	kʰaːlʔ, kʰaːls
蚵	kʰaːls, ɡaːl
呵	qʰaːl, qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	qʰaːls, ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	ɡaːl, ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	qaːl, qaːlʔ
疴	qaːl, kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	qaːl, qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls) : semantic 口 + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): hē, ō (he¹, o¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ, ㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho1, ho2
Min Dong (BUC): ŏ̤ / hŏ̤
Min Nan (POJ): ho / o
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹hu

Middle Chinese: /hɑ/

Rime
Character	呵
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	虎何切
Reconstructions
ZhengzhangShangfang	/hɑ/
PanWuyun	/hɑ/
ShaoRongfen	/xɑ/
EdwinPulleyblank	/ha/
LiRong	/xɑ/
WangLi	/xɑ/
BernardKarlgren	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho¹

Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤaj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	呵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hē
Middle Chinese	‹ xa ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁaj/
English	scold
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呵
Reading #	1/2
No.	7453
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	訶
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːl/
Notes	同訶，又集韻笑、氣出，今字作哈

Definitions

呵

Alternative form of 訶／诃 (hē, “to berate; to scold”).
to shout; to cry out
to cherish; to treasure; to protect
(onomatopoeia) Sound of laughing.
- 呵呵。 ― Hēhē. ― Huh. (with falling pitch)
Exclamation particle for expressing surprise.
(dialectal) to smoke (tobacco)

Compounds

傻呵呵 (sháhēhē)
冷呵呵
叱呵
呵叱 (hēchì)
呵呵 (hēhē)
呵呵大笑 (hēhē dàxiào)
呵咾 (o-ló)
呵喝
呵斥 (hēchì)
呵禁
呵脬捧卵

哦呵
怔呵呵
打野呵
撇呵
灞陵呵夜
笑呵呵 (xiàohēhē)
胖呵呵
霸陵呵夜
呵佛罵祖／呵佛骂祖
呵壁問天／呵壁问天
呵導／呵导

呵會／呵会
呵癢／呵痒
呵衛／呵卫
呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
呵責／呵责 (hēzé)
喝風呵煙／喝风呵烟
樂呵／乐呵
樂呵呵／乐呵呵
譏呵／讥呵
譙呵／谯呵
開呵／开呵

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): hē (he¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho1
Min Dong (BUC): hĕ̤ / hŏ̤
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹hu

Middle Chinese: /hɑ^H/

Rime
Character	呵
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼箇切
Reconstructions
ZhengzhangShangfang	/hɑ^H/
PanWuyun	/hɑ^H/
ShaoRongfen	/xɑ^H/
EdwinPulleyblank	/ha^H/
LiRong	/xɑ^H/
WangLi	/xɑ^H/
BernardKarlgren	/xɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho³

Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːls/

Definitions

呵

to expel breath; to slowly breathe out

Compounds

呵手
呵欠 (hēqiàn)

打呵欠 (dǎ hēqiàn)
一氣呵成／一气呵成 (yīqìhēchéng)

呵凍／呵冻
呵欠連天／呵欠连天

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): kē (ke¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ

Definitions

呵

Used in transcription.

Compounds

呵叻 (Kēlè)

呵羅單／呵罗单 (Kēluódān)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): hā (ha¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ

Definitions

呵

^† Alternative form of 哈 (hā, “to bend over”).

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): ā (a¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹

Definitions

呵

^† Alternative form of 啊 (“exclamation particle”).

Pronunciation 6

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): a (a⁵)
- (Zhuyin): ˙ㄚ

Definitions

呵

^† Alternative form of 啊 (“modal particle”).

Pronunciation 7

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): huō (huo¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛ

Definitions

呵

(dialectal) to cheat; to deceive

Pronunciation 8

Cantonese (Jyutping): ho1

Definitions

呵

(Cantonese) Used to point out something that one would like confirmation for.
- 都 OK呵 [Cantonese] ― dou¹ ou¹ kei¹ ho¹ [Jyutping] ― should be OK, yeah?
- - From:
  - Cang⁴ Gong¹ zik¹ si⁶ ji³ bat¹ wui⁵ zoi³ gong², Ze⁶ Jin⁴ zoi³ syut³: “Nei⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ gwaai³ ngo⁵ gaa³ ho¹? daa² haa² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵ gwaai³ gaa³ ho¹?” Ceoi⁴ zik¹ jat¹ baa¹ zoeng² daa² lok⁶ Cang⁴ Gong¹ dou⁶. [Jyutping]
  - Tsang Kong immediately displayed a lack of willingness to continue talking, so Tse Yin said: "You won't blame me, right? You wont't blame me if I give you a slap, right?" and immediately gave Tsang Kong a slap on the cheek.

呵 - Japanese

Kanji

呵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

scold, disapprove

Readings

Go-on: か (ka)
Kan-on: か (ka)
Kun: しかる (shikaru, 呵る); わらう (warau, 呵う)

呵 - Korean

Hanja

呵 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka)

呵 - Tày

Particle

呵 (a)

Nôm form of a (“alright, okay”).

呵 - Vietnamese

Han character

呵: Hán Nôm readings: ha, há, hả, hà, khá, khà

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呵
Reading #	2/2
No.	7456
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	呵
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːls/