诃 (hē): to scold

Meanings

1 to scold
2 to berate loudly

Characters

诃

hē

to scold

Examples

官员厉声诃斥了那个小吏。

Guānyuán lìshēng hē chì le nà gè xiǎolì.

The official berated the clerk in a harsh voice.

诃子是一种中药果实。

Hēzǐ shì yì zhǒng zhōngyào guǒshí.

Chebula is a fruit used in traditional medicine.

Tips

usage

A literary equivalent of 呵 in the 'to scold' sense. It also appears in 诃子 (chebula, a medicinal fruit) and in Buddhist transliterations from Sanskrit.

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech; words

Left 讠 is the speech radical 言 in left-side form. Scolding is done with words — putting 诃 with 骂 (to curse) and 训 (to admonish).

phonetic

可 kě

can; phonetic

Right 可 supplies the sound (kě drifting to hē). The same phonetic anchors 呵 (to breathe out; to scold) and 河 (river).

Stroke Order

诃 hē

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loudly / in a loud voice

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to shout and scream / to yell loudly / to make a big fuss

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to wail / to bawl / to cry loudly and bitterly

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to scold / to shout at / to bawl out / to rebuke loudly