Hanja Analyzer
佗

佗 — ta

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
짊어질/다를 타
Romanization
ta
English
other, he; surname; a load
Mandarin
tuó
Japanese on'yomi
タ, ダ, イ
Japanese kun'yomi
わび.しい わび ほか わ.びる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
它(타)
Unicode
U+4F57

Parts that make up 佗

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 它 다를 타, 뱀 사sound 고개 든 뱀‘타·사’ 계열의 소리

How 佗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 佗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 它.

Japanese words with 佗

  • 佗歌わびうた sad song; singing in a lonesome tone
  • 佗言わびこと words used when miserable or anxious; words used to decline or refuse something; words used when making an appeal
  • 佗寝わびね lonesome sleep; sleeping alone
  • 佗人わびびと lonesome person; unwanted person; poverty-stricken person
  • 佗声わびごえ sad voice
  • 佗助椿わびすけつばき Camellia japonica 'Wabisuke' (cultivar of common camellia)

Characters sharing the phonetic 它

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “타” in Korean.

Other hanja read “타”

Other hanja with radical 人

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