哈 (hā) — ha! (laughter); to breathe out, exhale

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字

哈 character · TOCFL 3 (est.)

哈＝口＋合

ㄏㄚ · hā

interj — ha! (laughter); to breathe out, exhale

字源 FORM — what the parts do

口義a mouth

合聲hé — gives the sounda lid shutting over a vessel

FThé → hā — the vowel opens, tone shifts too

A mouth (口) and 合 hé for the sound, worn open to hā — the sound a mouth makes laughing or breathing out. 哈哈 is laughter; 哈氣 is warm breath on cold glass.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

嘴巴（口）一張，笑聲衝出來——哈哈哈。

The mouth (口) opens and the laugh bursts out — ha-ha-ha.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)哈哈大笑— ha! — the sound of laughing常用

→哈氣— to breathe out, exhale warm air

→哈腰— to bend at the waist (a small bow)

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension