# 吓

| 吓 | U+5413, &#21523; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5413 |
| ← 吒 [U+5412] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吔 → [U+5414] |

## Translingual
### Han character

吓 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜 (RMY), composition ⿰口下)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3306
* Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 577, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5413

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 吓 – see 嚇 (“to frighten; to scare; to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 嚇).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation 1

* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^5$
*** Yale: háh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː¹³/

##### Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)
* grammatical particle used to emphasise an activity which goes on for a brief moment. for a while; for a moment
    等我諗吓。／等我谂吓。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― dang$^2$ ngo$^5$ nam$^2$ haa$^5$. [Jyutping] ― Let me think about it for a while.
       ngo$^5$ ting$^1$ jat$^6$ haang$^4$ haa$^5$. [Jyutping]
       Tomorrow, I will take a little walk.
       From: 2003, 帝女花 [Perish in the Name of Love], spoken by 崇禎帝 [Chongzhen Emperor] (Moses Chan)
       zau$^1$ hing$^1$ gaa$^1$, tung$^4$ zam$^6$ zoi$^3$ check haa$^5$. [Jyutping]
       Minister Chow, please check on this for me.
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
       dei$^6$ fong$^1$ dou$^1$ gei$^2$ daai$^6$ haa$^5$. [Jyutping]
       The place was actually quite big.

###### Synonyms

* (Mandarin) 一下 (yīxià)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^2$
*** Yale: há
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː³⁵/

##### Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)
* sentence-final particle used as question tag
* sentence-final particle used to remind someone of something / give caution; OK?
       nei$^5$ gwaai$^1$ gwaai$^1$ dei$^{6-2}$ co$^5$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$ laa$^3$ haa$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Sit here and behave, OK?
* huh?; what? Used to express confusion, doubt, surprise, or disbelief.

#### Pronunciation 3

* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^2$ / haa$^5$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^2$ / haa$^5$
*** Yale: há / háh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^2$ / haa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^2$ / ha$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː³⁵/, /haː¹³/
* haa5 - after characters with tone 2;
* haa2 - after characters with other tones.

##### Definitions

吓 (Cantonese)
* Used to an ongoing action that is interrupted by some other action. The verb is always reduplicated.

#### Pronunciation 4

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

##### Definitions

吓 (Cantonese, Hakka)
* Used in place names.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* scared
* frighten, intimidate

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かく (kaku)、か (ka)