诃
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)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 可
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 可 (kě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |