哈

hǎ

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(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2])

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 合 sound ( hé )

Components 口合

ha! · Heisig RSH #263

口 mouth + 合 fit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
哈利法克斯	Hā lì fǎ kè sī	Halifax (name); Halifax city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada; Halifax, town in West Yorksh…
哈里发国	hā lǐ fā guó	caliphate
马大哈	mǎ dà hā	a careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful; abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈\|马马虎虎、大大…
哈拉子	hā lā zi	(dialect) saliva; also written 哈喇子[ha1 la2 zi5]
哈马斯	Hā mǎ sī	Hamas (radical Palestinian group)
大马哈鱼	dà mǎ hǎ yú	chum salmon
哈巴河县	Hā bā hé Xiàn	Habahe, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區\|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
哈巴罗夫斯克	Hā bā luó fū sī kè	Khabarovsk, far eastern Russian city and province on the border with Heilongjiang province…
哈德斯	Hā dé sī	Hades
亚哈斯	Yà hā sī	Ahaz (son of Jotham)
巴哈马	Bā hā mǎ	the Bahamas
哈利路亚	hā lì lù yà	(loanword) hallelujah
哈里发	hā lǐ fā	(loanword) caliph; also written 哈利發\|哈利发[ha1 li4 fa1]
哈得斯	Hā dé sī	Hades
布哈拉	Bù hā lā	Bokhara or Bukhara city in Uzbekistan
哈马黑拉岛	Hā mǎ hēi lā Dǎo	Halmahera, an island of Indonesia
哈罗德	Hā luó dé	Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)
哈尔斯塔	Hā ěr sī tǎ	Harstad (city in Norway)
多哈回合	Duō hā Huí hé	Doha Round (world trade talks that began in Doha, Qatar in 2001)
哈拉尔五世	Hā lā ěr Wǔ shì	Harald V of Norway

Characters sharing the sound component 合 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
合 sound part	hé	to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
拿	ná	to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take
给	gěi	to give, to lend; for, by
盒	hé	small box or case; casket
鸽	gē	pigeon, dove; Columba species (various)
恰	qià	just, exactly, precisely; proper
蛤	gé	clam
颌	hé	mouth; jaw
龛	kān	niche, shrine
峇	bā	cave, cavern
袷	jiá	lined garment
荅	dá	to answer; small bean; thick, heavy
饸	hé	buckwheat or sorghum noodles
耠	huō	to dig, to till
铪	hā	hafnium