Phono-semantic compound:
口 (구, mouth) – semantic component, indicating speech or sound.
可 (가, can, permissible) – phonetic component, giving the sound he / ha / ga.

呵斥 (가척) — to scold, to reprimand
呵責 (가책) — to reproach, to rebuke
呵欠 (하감) — to yawn (archaic usage)
呵呵大笑 (가가대소) — to laugh loudly (onomatopoeic)

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to face, to turn toward

ruler, lord, sovereign

not, to deny, to block

to inhale, to suck in, to drink, to absorb, to smoke (as in cigarettes)

I, me, first-person pronoun

to announce, to inform, to tell, to report, to accuse, to sue (in legal contexts)

all around, complete, thorough

taste

to scold, to reproach, to exhale, to blow air

to call, to cry out, to shout, to exhale, breathe out

life, fate, destiny

harmony, peace

to be sad, sorrowful, pitiable

goods, product, item, quality, grade, class

person, member, personnel, official, office-holder, to add, to increase (archaic sense)

bright, wise, sagacious

The Tang dynasty (618–907 CE) of China, to be flustered, embarrassed, confused, to boast, to talk loudly, to brag

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呵

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