叱
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to scold; shout at; to hoot at
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 叱
- Common rank
- #2,979
- Unicode
- U+53F1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 叱
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叱问 | to call sb to account; to question angrily | |
| 叱责 | to upbraid | |
| 叱咤风云 | lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world; all-powerful | |
| 叱骂 | to curse; to berate angrily | |
| 叱喝 | to shout at; to berate | |
| 喝叱 | see 呵斥[he1 chi4] | |
| 叱呵 | to shout angrily; to yell | |
| 呵叱 | variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4] | |
| 诃叱 | variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4] | |
| 叱咄 | to reprimand; to berate | |
| 叱吒 | variant of 叱咤[chi4 zha4] | |
| 叱咤 | to rebuke angrily |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 匕 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匕 sound part | spoon, ladle; knife, dirk | |
| 颖 | rice tassel; sharp; clever | |
| 鸨 | bustard; procuress; Otis species (various) | |
| 牝 | female animal; keyhole; valley | |
| 庀 | to prepare; to regulate | |
| 龀 | to lose one's baby teeth |