hài

terrify

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

亥 sound component

  Sound component

hài

  

12th terrestrial branch

Evolution

駭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
駭 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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hài

terrify, frighten, scare; shock; to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)

Most common words with 駭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to astonish

骇人听闻

shocking

惊骇

to be shocked

惊世骇俗

universally shocking

骇然

dumbstruck