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吓
嚇
hè
1. to scare
2. to intimidate
3. to threaten
4. (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
5. (interjection showing astonishment)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吓
xià
to scare, to frighten; to threaten, to intimidate
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (5)

吓声
hèshēng
ho
威吓
wēihè
to threaten
恐吓
kǒnghè
to threaten
HSK 6
恫吓
dònghè
to intimidate
单方恐吓
dānfāngkǒnghè
unilateral threat

Alternate Entries

吓
xià
to frighten / to scare
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,465
Word Frequency Rank
955 of 84,292