呵 (Kangxi radical 30,口 +5, 8 strokes,cangjie input 口一弓口 (RMNR ),four-corner 61020 ,composition ⿰口 可 )
Kangxi Dictionary:page 183 , character 2 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3459 Dae Jaweon: page 402, character 3 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 10 Unihan data for U+5475 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 / 形声 ,OC *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls ): semantic 口 + phonetic 可 ( OC *kʰaːlʔ ) .
Probably related to呼 (OC *qʰaː , “to exhale, shout”); see there for more (STEDT).
Note :
ŏ̤ - literary; hŏ̤ - vernacular (sound of laughter). Note :
ho - literary; o - 阿 is used in the Mainland. 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
呵
alternative form of訶 / 诃 ( hē ,“ toberate ; toscold ” ) toshout ; tocry out tocherish ; totreasure ; toprotect ( onomatopoeia ) Sound oflaughing . 呵 呵 。 ― Hē hē . ― Huh.( with falling pitch ) Exclamation particle forexpressing surprise .( dialectal ) tosmoke (tobacco )Note :
hĕ̤ - vernacular; hŏ̤ - literary. 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/
呵
toexpel breath ; toslowly breathe out 呵
Used in transcription. 呵
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of哈 ( “ tobend over ” ) Note : The zero initial/∅-/ is commonly pronounced with ang -initial/ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
呵
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of啊 ( exclamationparticle ) 呵
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of啊 ( modal particle ) 呵
( dialectal ) tocheat ; todeceive 呵
( Cantonese ) alternative form of嗬 ( ho2 ) 「佢 返 咗 入去 就 得 喇 呵 ?」Joey 終於 忍唔住 問 。 [Cantonese ,trad. ] 「佢 返 咗 入去 就 得 喇 呵 ?」Joey 终于 忍唔住 问 。 [Cantonese ,simp. ] “keoi5 faan1 zo2 jap6 heoi3 zau6 dak1 laa3 ho1 ?” Joey zung1 jyu1 jan2 m4 zyu6 man6 . [Jyutping] (please add an English translation of this quotation) 2015 August 25, “被寸唔錫老婆 謝賢節目預演摑曾江 ”, in東網 [on.cc ][1] , archived fromthe original on10 March 2025 :曾 江 即 示意 不會 再 講 ,謝 賢 再 說 :「你 唔 會 怪 我 架 呵 ?打 吓 都 唔 會 怪 架 呵 ?」隨即 一 巴掌 打 落 曾 江 度 。[Cantonese ,trad. ] 曾 江 即 示意 不会 再 讲 ,谢 贤 再 说 :「你 唔 会 怪 我 架 呵 ?打 吓 都 唔 会 怪 架 呵 ?」随即 一 巴掌 打 落 曾 江 度 。[Cantonese ,simp. ] zang1 gong1 zik1 si6 ji3 bat1 wui5 zoi3 gong2 , ze6 jin4 zoi3 syut3 : “nei5 m4 wui5 gwaai3 ngo5 gaa3 ho2 ? daa2 haa5 dou1 m4 wui5 gwaai3 gaa3 ho2 ?” ceoi4 zik1 jat1 baa1 zoeng2 daa2 lok6 zang1 gong1 dou6 . [Jyutping] Kenneth Tsang immediately displayed a lack of willingness to continue talking, soPatrick Tse said: "You won't blame me,right ? You wont't blame me if I give you a slap,right ?" and immediately gave Kenneth Tsang a slap on the cheek.陳 經理 :「第二 件 事 係 ,我 諗 你哋 應該 都 識 對方 㗎 呵 ?Tony同 Merci,我 同 佢哋 都 好 熟 ,約 咗 聽晚 一齊 食飯 ,想 睇 吓 你哋 一 唔 一齊 ,傾 吓 偈 。」[Cantonese ,trad. ] 陈 经理 :「第二 件 事 系 ,我 谂 你哋 应该 都 识 对方 㗎 呵 ?Tony同 Merci,我 同 佢哋 都 好 熟 ,约 咗 听晚 一齐 食饭 ,想 睇 吓 你哋 一 唔 一齐 ,倾 吓 偈 。」[Cantonese ,simp. ] can4 ging1 lei5 : “dai6 ji6 gin6 si6 hai6 , ngo5 nam2 nei5 dei6 jing1 goi1 dou1 sik1 deoi3 fong1 gaa3 ho2 ? Tony tung4 Merci, ngo5 tung4 keoi5 dei6 dou1 hou2 suk6 , joek3 zo2 ting1 maan5-1 jat1 cai4 sik6 faan6 , soeng2 tai2 haa5 nei5 dei6 jat1 m4 jat1 cai4 , king1 haa5 gai2 .” [Jyutping] (please add an English translation of this quotation) 呵
(Hyōgai kanji )
toscold , todisapprove 呵 • (ga ) (hangeul 가 ,revised ga,McCune–Reischauer ka)
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation , then remove the text{{rfdef }}. 呵 (cà )
Nôm form ofcà ( “ yonder ” ) .鉗𱍭仍会𱐍地呵 Ghiềm ngần nhằng hỏi dú ti̱cà The silver ring still hangingthere 呵 (a; à )
Nôm form ofa ( “ alright ,okay ” ) .𱽗好𱻊帝鍾用呵 Rầư hảo nghì đảy chung du̱nga Whoever is righteous will be adorsed Nôm form ofà ( “ Sound made during singing. ” ) .𫠿蘭呵 菊秋 Dâng lanà cúc thu (please add an English translation of this usage example) 呵 :Hán Nôm readings:ha ,há ,hả ,hà ,khá ,khà
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