# 唬

| 唬 | U+552C, &#21804; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-552C |
| ← 唫 [U+552B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 唭 → [U+552D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

唬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口卜心弓 (RYPN) or 口卜心山 (RYPU), four-corner 6101$_4$, composition ⿰口虎)

#### Derived characters

* 𩞂/𧈐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 193, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3756
* Dae Jaweon: page 413, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 640, character 1
* Unihan data for U+552C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ) : semantic 口 + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xaeH
Rime :
| Character | 唬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 呼訝切 |
| Baxter | xaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xa$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /haɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xa$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xià |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 唬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 5193 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嚇 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰraːs/ |

#### Definitions

唬
* angry voice of tiger

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guó (guo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guó
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guó
*** Wade–Giles: kuo$^2$
*** Yale: gwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwo
*** Palladius: го (go)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɔ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwaek
Rime :
| Character | 唬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (114) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古伯切 |
| Baxter | kwaek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠwæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kwɐk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kwɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 唬 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 5283 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 格 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷraːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

唬
* voice of bird

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 唬 – see 號 (“to roar”). (This character is a variant form of 號).

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xià (xia$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haak$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xià
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sià
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$
*** Yale: syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haak$^3$
*** Yale: haak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːk̚³/

#### Definitions

唬
* Alternative form of 嚇／吓 (“to frighten”)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǔ (hu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó
*** Tâi-lô: hó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹/

#### Definitions

唬
* to frighten or to fool

#### Compounds

* 唬人
* 唬鬼瞞神／唬鬼瞒神
* 嚇唬／吓唬 (xiàhu)
* 嚇眉唬眼／吓眉唬眼
* 詐唬／诈唬 (zhàhǔ)

### References

* “唬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): か (ka)、け (ke)、こう (kō)、ごう (gō)、きょう (kyō)、かく (kaku)、きゃく (kyaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

唬 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho)
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