呵

呵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓口 (RMNR), four-corner 6102₀, composition ⿰口可)

• 𦱕, 𭊀

• KangXi: 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls) : semantic 口 + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

呵

1. Alternative form of 訶／诃 (hē, “to berate; to scold”).
2. to shout; to cry out
3. to cherish; to treasure; to protect
4. (onomatopoeia) Sound of laughing.

   呵呵。  ―  Hēhē.  ―  Huh. (with falling pitch)

5. Exclamation particle for expressing surprise.
6. (dialectal) to smoke (tobacco)

呵

1. to expel breath; to slowly breathe out

呵

1. Used in transcription.

呵

1. ^† Alternative form of 哈 (hā, “to bend over”).

呵

1. ^† Alternative form of 啊 (“exclamation particle”).

呵

1. ^† Alternative form of 啊 (“modal particle”).

   • 沉默呵，沉默呵！不在沉默中爆發，就在沉默中滅亡。 [MSC, trad.]
     沉默呵，沉默呵！不在沉默中爆发，就在沉默中灭亡。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1926, Lu Xun, “In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen”

     Chénmò a, chénmò a! Bù zài chénmò zhōng bàofā, jiù zài chénmò zhōng mièwáng. [Pinyin]

     Silence, silence! Unless we burst in this silence, we shall perish in this silence!

呵

1. (dialectal) to cheat; to deceive

呵

1. (Cantonese) Used to point out something that one would like confirmation for. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   都OK呵 [Cantonese]  ―  dou¹ ou¹ kei¹ ho¹ [Jyutping]  ―  should be OK, yeah?

   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.]

   From:

   Cang⁴ Gong¹ zik¹ si⁶ ji³ bat¹ wui⁵ zoi³ gong², Ze⁶ Jin⁴ zoi³ syut³: “Nei⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ gwaai³ ngo⁵ gaa³ ho¹? daa² haa² dou¹ m⁴ wui⁵ gwaai³ gaa³ ho¹?” Ceoi⁴ zik¹ jat¹ baa¹ zoeng² daa² lok⁶ Cang⁴ Gong¹ dou⁶. [Jyutping]

   Tsang Kong immediately displayed a lack of willingness to continue talking, so Tse Yin said: "You won't blame me, right? You wont't blame me if I give you a slap, right?" and immediately gave Tsang Kong a slap on the cheek.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. scold, disapprove

• Go-on: か (ka)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: しかる (shikaru, 呵る); わらう (warau, 呵う)

呵 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka)

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呵 (a)

1. Nôm form of a (“alright, okay”).

呵: Hán Nôm readings: ha, há, hả, hà, khá, khà

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