嗃

• Core sense: A loud, sudden vocalization, shouting, or bellowing.
• Extended sense: To scold, reprimand, or startle someone with a sharp cry.
• Specialized: Glossed in some sources as "to flute," likely referring to a piercing signal-blow rather than melodic playing.

• Verb: To shout; to scold.
• Interjection: An onomatopoeic representation of a loud cry or reprimand.

Fanqie readings (呼敎, 呵各) suggest an "h-" sound associated with a sharp expulsion of breath, aligning the glyph with related forms such as 喝 (//hè//) and 呵 (//hē//).

The combination of the mouth radical (口) with 赫 (//hè//, meaning resonance or splendor) indicates volume and loudness.