赫

赫 U+8D6B, 赫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D6B ← 赪 [U+8D6A] CJK Unified Ideographs 赬 → [U+8D6C]

Translingual

Han character

赫 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土金土中金 (GCGLC), four-corner 4433₁, composition ⿰赤赤)

Derived characters

• 嚇, 懗, 𢷓, 㬨, 爀, 𥋿, 𮜜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1214, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37010
• Dae Jaweon: page 1682, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3508, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8D6B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		赫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 赫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (赤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
浾	*sqraː
嚇	*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦	*hljaɡs
郝	*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫	*qʰraːɡ
爀	*qʰraːɡ
赤	*kʰljaɡ
烾	*kʰljaɡ
螫	*qʰjaːɡ
赥	*qʰleːɡ
捇	*qʰʷreːɡ
焃	*qʰʷreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰraːɡ) : Duplication of 赤 (“red”), with 赤 (OC *kʰljaɡ) acting as the phonetic component.

Etymology 1

Related to 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ, “bright red”) and possibly 奭 (OC *hjaɡ, “majestic; red”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hè (he⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak¹ / hak¹
• Northern Min (KCR): hă̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): háik
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hek / hiak / herk
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷haq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hè
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴
    • Yale: hè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haak¹ / hak¹
    • Yale: hāak / hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁷ / hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag¹ / heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: háik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Anxi)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hek
    • Tâi-lô: hik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiak
    • Tâi-lô: hiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Nan'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: herk
    • Tâi-lô: herk
    • IPA (Nan'an): /hək̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷haq
    • MiniDict: hah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴haq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /haʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 赫
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɤ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/xɤ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/xɤ⁵³/
	Jinan	/xə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/xə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/xei²¹/
	Xining	/xɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xa¹³/ /xɯ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xe³¹/
	Guiyang	/xɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/xə³¹/
	Nanjing	/xəʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/xɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/xʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/haʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/həʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/hɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ha²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xɛʔ²¹/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/xə²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/hæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hak̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hak̚⁵/
	Nanning	/hak̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/hak̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hiɑʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/heʔ²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hek̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaek

Rime
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼格切
Baxter	xaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/xɐk̚/
Wang Li	/xɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hè
Middle Chinese	‹ xaek ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁrak/
English	red, fiery
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	赫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1474
Phonetic component	赤
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	赫
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːɡ/

Definitions

赫

1. ^† bright red
2. ^† bright; luminous
3. distinguished; eminent; glorious; awe-inspiring
4. ^† to display; to show off
5. ^† Alternative form of 嚇／吓 (hè, “to frighten”)
6. ^† angrily; furiously
7. (physics) Short for 赫茲／赫兹 (Hèzī, “hertz”).
8. a surname

Compounds

• 兆赫 (zhàohè)
• 千赫
• 史文赫丁
• 喧赫
• 塔納赫／塔纳赫 (Tǎnàhè)
• 巴赫 (Bāhè)
• 巴達赫尚／巴达赫尚 (Bādáhèshàng)
• 憚赫／惮赫
• 暵赫
• 曼赫頓／曼赫顿
• 烜赫
• 烜赫一時／烜赫一时
• 煥赫／焕赫
• 燻赫／熏赫
• 翕赫
• 聲勢赫赫／声势赫赫
• 薰赫
• 衣冠赫奕
• 赫丘利斯
• 赫吒
• 赫哲族 (Hèzhézú)
• 赫塞
• 赫奕
• 赫德
• 赫戲／赫戏
• 赫斯之威
• 赫斯之怒
• 赫斯特 (Hèsītè)
• 赫曦
• 赫本頭／赫本头
• 赫柏定律
• 赫然 (hèrán)
• 赫然有聲／赫然有声
• 赫爾辛基／赫尔辛基 (Hè'ěrxīnjī)
• 赫羲
• 赫胥氏
• 赫胥黎 (Hèxūlí)
• 赫茲／赫兹 (Hèzī)
• 赫赫 (hèhè)
• 赫赫之光
• 赫赫之功
• 赫赫之名
• 赫赫名流
• 赫赫揚揚／赫赫扬扬
• 赫赫有名 (hèhèyǒumíng)
• 赫赫炎炎
• 赫蹄
• 赫魯雪夫／赫鲁雪夫 (Hèlǔxuěfū)
• 輝赫／辉赫
• 門庭赫奕／门庭赫奕
• 雄雄赫赫
• 顯赫／显赫 (xiǎnhè)
• 馬赫／马赫 (Mǎhè)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niah

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niah
    • Tâi-lô: niah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niãʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niãʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niãʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niãʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãʔ³²/

Definitions

赫

1. (Southern Min) to be frightened

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 赫 – see 遐 (“(Min Nan) so; that”). (This character is a variant form of 遐).

Japanese

Kanji

赫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: あかい (akai, 赫い)、かがやく (kagayaku, 赫く)

Korean

Hanja

赫 • (hyeok) (hangeul 혁, revised hyeok, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk, Yale hyek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

赫: Hán Nôm readings: hách, hích

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