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猲

hè

Character

What 猲 means

1. frightened
2. terrified

Other readings

猲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiēshort-snout dog

Characters built on 曷

These share the phonetic component 曷 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 喝hēto drink; variant of 嗬
• 渴kěthirsty
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 谒yèto visit (a superior)

Sounds the same

Read hè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贺to congratulate
• 鹤crane
• 赫awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫兹
• 喝to shout
• 褐brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 壑gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 荷to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility
• 吓to scare; to intimidate; to threaten
• 和to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence…
• 暍hot
• 嗃scold with severity
• 垎(literary) (of soil) dry and hard; (used in place names)