诃 (hē): to scold

诃 (hē) is a Chinese character meaning “to scold.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 讠 (speech). It ranks #3885 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 讠 speech7 strokesFrequency #3885

Definitions

  1. to scold

Stroke Order

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7

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
堂吉诃德táng jí hē déDon Quixote
唐吉诃德táng jí hē déDon Quixote
契诃夫qì hē fūAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
诃子hē zǐchebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
摩诃婆罗多mó hē pó luó duōMahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC
摩诃mó hētransliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great
诃叱hē chìvariant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
诃斥hē chìvariant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
诃谴hē qiǎnvariant of 呵譴|呵谴[he1 qian3]
谴诃qiǎn hēto reprimand
10
Total compounds
40
As first character
20
As last character
40
As middle character

诃 appears in 10 compound words: 40 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 40 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

诃字在日常生活中使用频率较低。

hē zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .

The character "诃" is not used very often in everyday life.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 诃 (hē) mean in Chinese?
诃 (hē) primarily means "to scold." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3885 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 诃 have?
诃 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 诃?
The radical associated with 诃 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are common words containing 诃?
Common words with 诃 include: 堂吉诃德 (táng jí hē dé, "Don Quixote"); 唐吉诃德 (táng jí hē dé, "Don Quixote"); 契诃夫 (qì hē fū, "Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays"); 诃子 (hē zǐ, "chebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)"); 摩诃婆罗多 (mó hē pó luó duō, "Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC"). There are over 10 compound words containing this character.
Is 诃 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 诃 and the traditional form is 訶.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.