to intimidate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

虎 sound component

  Sound component

  

tiger

Evolution

唬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
唬 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
唬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
唬 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
唬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to intimidate; to scare; a tiger's roar

Most common words with 唬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吓唬

to scare

to scare

诈唬

to bluff