赫赫

赫赫

Chinese

		distinguished; awe-inspiring	distinguished; awe-inspiring
simp. and trad. (赫赫)		赫	赫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hèhè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak¹ haak¹, hak¹ hak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): hek-hek / hiak-hiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hèhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehheh
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak¹ haak¹, hak¹ hak¹
    • Yale: hāak hāak, hāk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁷ haak⁷, hak⁷ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag¹ hag¹, heg¹ heg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /häːk̚⁵ häːk̚⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hek-hek
    • Tâi-lô: hik-hik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hekheg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiak-hiak
    • Tâi-lô: hiak-hiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiakhiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiak̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hˠæk̚  hˠæk̚/▼

Rime
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼格切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/xɐk̚/
Wang Li	/xɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤrak  qʰˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːɡ  qʰraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hè
Middle Chinese	‹ xaek ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁrak/
English	red, fiery
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1474
Phonetic component	赤
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	赫
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːɡ/

Adjective

赫赫

1. (ideophonic, literary) majestic; grand; magnificent

Derived terms

聲勢赫赫／声势赫赫 赫赫之光 赫赫之功 赫赫之名 赫赫名流

赫赫揚揚／赫赫扬扬 赫赫有名 (hèhèyǒumíng) 赫赫炎炎 雄雄赫赫