to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)

= + : Hamlet (h) is standing on top of a ladder (下) and is threatening (吓) to jump down on the very last mandarin (口) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) should his demands not be fulfilled.
to frighten / to scare

= + : Marie Curie (xi) climbed a ladder (下) to reach a mandarin (口) which is stored on a very high shelf in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but half way up she remembers that she is terribly afraid of heights and is scared to death (吓).

吓 character breakdown

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

= + : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 吓 as component

吓 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 吓

to be terrified / to terrify sb
to scare / scary / frightening
to threaten / to menace
to scare / to frighten
to frighten / to horrify / to terrify
to be frightened
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
to intimidate / to threaten
(of a nation) to denounce and threaten with military force / to try to coerce
lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
to faint from fear / to be frightened into fits / shell-shocked
startled / to frighten / scared out of one's skin
to terrify / to scare sb
(Tw) impressive (from Taiwanese 削削叫, Tai-lo pr. [siah-siah-kiò])
to be scared senseless
to be scared out of one's wits / to scare stiff

Sentences with 吓

吓 currently does not appear in any sentence.