呵 — Chinese character
呵
hē
to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)
- Pinyin
- hē
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 可
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 可
- Japanese
- 呵 as a kanji
Common words with 呵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呵呵 | hē hē | (onom.) gentle laughter; chuckle |
| 呵护 (呵護) | hē hù | to bless; to cherish |
| 呵斥 | hē chì | to berate; to excoriate; to chide |
| 乐呵呵 (樂呵呵) | lè hē hē | happily; giddily |
| 一气呵成 (一氣呵成) | yī qì hē chéng | to do something at one go; to flow smoothly |
| 呵欠 | hē qiàn | yawn |
| 打呵欠 | dǎ hē qiàn | to yawn |
| 呵责 (呵責) | hē zé | to abuse; to berate |
| 呵叱 | hē chì | variant of 呵斥 (hē chì) |
| 叱呵 | chì hē | to shout angrily; to yell |
| 呵喝 | hē hè | to shout loudly; to bellow |
| 呵禁 | hē jìn | to berate; to shout loudly |
English words written with 呵
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.