骇

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to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

马 meaning “horse” + 亥 sound ( hài )

Components 马亥

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
骇人听闻	hài rén tīng wén	shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
惊世骇俗	jīng shì hài sú	universally shocking; to offend the whole of society
杀鸡骇猴	shā jī hài hóu	see 殺雞儆猴\|杀鸡儆猴[sha1 ji1 jing3 hou2]
骇人	hài rén	terrifying; shocking; dreadful
骇然	hài rán	overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement; dumbstruck; aghast
骇客	hài kè	(computing) (loanword) hacker
骇异	hài yì	(literary) astonished; shocked; amazed
防骇	fáng hài	anti-hacker
威骇	wēi hài	to intimidate
惊骇	jīng hài	to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
震骇	zhèn hài	to astonish; to horrify
骇浪	hài làng	swelling or stormy seas
惊涛骇浪	jīng tāo hài làng	perilous situation
骇怕	hài pà	to be afraid; to be frightened

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
亥 sound part	hài	12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
核	hé	core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
刻	kè	to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
孩	hái	baby, child; children
该	gāi	should, ought to, must
咳	hāi	to cough
骸	hái	skeleton, body; leg bone
颏	kē	chin
赅	gāi	to include; to prepare for
劾	hé	to look into; to impeach, to charge
氦	hài	helium
垓	gāi	border, boundary, frontier
阂	hé	separated, blocked; to prevent, to block
胲	hǎi	hydroxylamine
陔	gāi	ledge, step, terrace; slope