赫赫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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
Baxter	xaek
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak1

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/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hèhè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hèhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hèhè
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴-ho⁴
    • Yale: hè-hè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehheh
    • Palladius: хэхэ (xɛxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak¹ haak¹ / hak¹ hak¹
    • Yale: hāak hāak / hāk hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁷ haak⁷ / hak⁷ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag¹ hag¹ / heg¹ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚⁵ haːk̚⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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: xaek xaek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤrak  qʰˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːɡ  qʰraːɡ/

Adjective

赫赫

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

   • 赫赫師尹，民具爾瞻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     赫赫师尹，民具尔瞻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hèhè Shī Yǐn, mín jù ěr zhān. [Pinyin]

     Awe-inspiring are you, Master Yin, and the people all look up to you.

Synonyms

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• 煊赫 (xuānhè) (literary)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 貴氣／贵气 (gei¹ hei¹) (Taishanese)
• 顯要／显要 (xiǎnyào)
• 顯赫／显赫 (xiǎnhè)
• 高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)

 

Derived terms

• 巍巍赫赫
• 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