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诃

hē

Character Traditional 訶

What 诃 means

1. to scold

Words starting with 诃

• 诃子hē zǐchebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
• 诃斥hē chìvariant of 呵斥
• 诃谴hē qiǎnvariant of 呵谴
• 诃叱hē chìvariant of 呵斥

Words containing 诃

• 堂吉诃德Táng jí hē déDon Quixote
• 摩诃mó hētransliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great
• 谴诃qiǎn hēto reprimand
• 契诃夫Qì hē fūAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
• 唐吉诃德Táng jí hē déDon Quixote; also written 堂吉诃德
• 摩诃婆罗多Mó hē pó luó duōMahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 罗摩衍那

Characters built on 可

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 哥gēelder brother
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 呵hē(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
• 苛kēsevere; exacting
• 珂kējade-like stone
• 钶kēcolumbium

Characters that look like 诃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 诉sùto complain; to sue; to tell
• 怖bùterror; terrified; afraid
• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 讳huìto avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
• 诩xǔto brag; popular; lovely

Sounds the same

Read hē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喝to drink; variant of 嗬
• 呵(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 嗬(interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
• 蠚to sting
• 欱variant of 喝