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Translation

xià = xi + a4: to frighten / to scare

Mnemonic

Xi Shi (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).

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All translations for 吓

to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)
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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
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mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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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

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