hē, ā
scold
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.
Evolution

Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰˤaj | xa | hē | scold |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.1554% of movies
1641st most common character in movies
1861st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5475 |
Sources
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