The kanji 嚇: meaning, readings and stroke order

嚇

Meaning: threaten, scare
On reading: カク kaku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 17
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: doạ, hăm doạ (hách)
Japanese: おどす。こわがらせる。
Korean: 으르다, 위협하다 (하·혁)
Chinese: 吓唬、恐吓 (吓)

Readings, words and example sentences

カク kaku · on reading · less common

い嚇かく
threat, intimidation
い嚇いかくするような声でした。
It was a threatening voice.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.