吓xià
to scare, startle. 6 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin xiàStrokes 6Radical 口Band HSK 5Words 1
What 吓 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 下 (xià, below).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 下 carries the sound.
How to write 吓
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–6 write 下.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 吓
Words that use 吓
| 吓 | to scare, startle 指突然的声响或动作使人受惊 爆竹声吓飞了枝头麻雀。The firecracker bang scared off the sparrows on the branch. Lesson 500, 田畴雅序 · 清源正本与和乐岁丰 · Clean Springs & Flourishing Countryside |
More characters with the radical 口
All 78 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.