What 诃 means
It usually means “to scold” or “rebuke.”
诃斥 keeps the rebuke sense. 摩诃 is a Chinese sound transcription of Sanskrit mahā (“great,” roughly “ma-haa” with a long final vowel); 诃子 names the myrobalan tree and its fruit.
Inscriptions on bronze objects from the late Spring and Autumn period of ancient China use a related graph for 歌 (“sing”) in a ritual phrase about singing and dancing. Later Chinese dictionaries describe the rebuke as loud, angry speech.
Who writes 诃
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Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-8A36
诃 vs 訶: 訶 is the traditional Chinese form of 诃, carrying the same rebuke sense.
CJK Unified Ideograph-5475
诃 vs 呵: 呵 is a documented variant used for the rebuke sense.
CJK Unified Ideograph-6B4C
A related graph was used for 歌 (“sing”) in an ancient ritual inscription on bronze.
Combination ideas
3摩诃 meaning: Sanskrit mahā (“great”), transcribed by sound; roughly “ma-haa.”
诃子 meaning: the myrobalan tree or its fruit.
诃斥 meaning: to scold or rebuke forcefully.
Questions people ask
1Why does 诃 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 诃
- Also called
- 訶 · 呵
- Search it as
- hē · he · 摩诃 · 诃斥 · 诃子
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
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\8BC3Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\8BC3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%AF%83
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.