诃
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to scold
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 言 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 訶
- Common rank
- #3,161
- Unicode
- U+8BC3
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 诃
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摩诃婆罗多 | Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly origina… | |
| 堂吉诃德 | Don Quixote | |
| 唐吉诃德 | Don Quixote; also written 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2] | |
| 诃子 | chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula) | |
| 契诃夫 | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays | |
| 摩诃 | transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great | |
| 诃斥 | variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4] | |
| 诃叱 | variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4] | |
| 诃谴 | variant of 呵譴|呵谴[he1 qian3] | |
| 谴诃 | to reprimand |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 可 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可 sound part | may, can, -able; possibly | |
| 阿 | an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations | |
| 河 | river, stream; the Yellow river | |
| 柯 | axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname | |
| 呵 | to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated) | |
| 苛 | severe, harsh; rigorous, exacting | |
| 坷 | uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil | |
| 轲 | axle | |
| 蚵 | oyster | |
| 岢 | the name of a mountain | |
| 疴 | sickness, illness; pain | |
| 哿 | excellent, capable; happy; to commend | |
| 舸 | barge, large boat | |
| 钶 | columbium |