Kanji Detail for 呵 - "scold, laugh, blow"

呵

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

呵 means "scold, laugh, blow."
1. Scold - To rebuke; to blame.
2. Laugh - To laugh loudly.
3. Blow - To exhale; to breathe out.
Four-character idioms with 呵
- 一気呵成いっきかせい finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

scold; blow on; reprove

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

scold; laughing sound; yawn

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 啊[a1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To scold. Such as 呵斥. The character is also written as 訶. | 呵呵: Laughing. | Blowing warm air is also called 呵. Such as 呵凍 (thawing by blowing).
Onyomi

ka(カ)
Kunyomi

ka.su(か-す)

shika.ru(しか-る)

wara.u(わら-う)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
Related Keywords

scold rebuke blame laugh loudly blow exhale breathe

彼は良心の呵責を感じた。
He felt the pricks of conscience.
彼には良心の呵責ってものがない。
He has no remorse.
あいつが俺に向かって啖呵を切った。
He hurled defiance at me.
彼女が胸がすくような啖呵を切りました。
She got it off her chest in no uncertain terms.
彼、一気呵成に書き上げたと言ってたけど、この提案書、少し雑だね。
He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy.
生まれてはじめて良心の呵責を感じましたが、そうする以外にその場をしのぐ方法はありませんでした。
For the first time in my life, I felt a pang of conscience, but there was no other way out.