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赫
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- 赫
- hè · bright, radiant, glowing
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4 · he4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haak1 · hak1
Cantonese word readings for 赫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright red
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright; luminous
- distinguished; eminent; glorious; awe-inspiring
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to display; to show off
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 嚇 /吓 (hè, “to frighten”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) angrily; furiously
- (physics) short for 赫茲／赫兹 (hèzī, “hertz”)
- a surname
- Used in transcription.
character · Etymology 2
- (Southern Min) to be frightened
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