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.
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(か)
Kunyomi

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