Hanja Analyzer
例

例 — rye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
법식 례
Romanization
rye
English
precedent, example; regulation
Mandarin
lì
Japanese on'yomi
レイ, レツ
Japanese kun'yomi
たと.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#399 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
人 (9, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
列(렬)
Unicode
U+4F8B

Parts that make up 例

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 列 벌릴 렬sound 뼈를 칼로 갈라 놓은 모양벌여 놓는 일. ‘렬·례’ 계열의 소리

How 例 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 例 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 列.

Korean example words with 例

  • 예년例年 Korean gloss: 보통의 해
  • 적례適例 Korean gloss: 알맞은 예
  • 특례特例 Korean gloss: 특별한 예
  • 상례常例 Korean gloss: 보통 있는 일
  • 상례上例 Korean gloss: 위에 든 보기
  • 예사例事 Korean gloss: 보통 있는 일
  • 예시例示 Korean gloss: 예를 들어 보임
  • 예거例擧 Korean gloss: 보기를 들어 보임
  • 예문例問 Korean gloss: 예로서 드는 문제
  • 월례月例 Korean gloss: 다달이 하는 정례
  • 유례類例 Korean gloss: 같거나 비슷한 예
  • 전례典例 Korean gloss: 전거가 되는 선례

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 例

  • 例れい example; instance; illustration
  • 比例ひれい proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
  • 例えばたとえば for example; for instance; e.g.
  • 異例いれい exceptional; unusual; extraordinary
  • 例外れいがい exception
  • 例年れいねん average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
  • 特例とくれい special case; exception
  • 条例じょうれい regulations; rules; (local) regulation
  • 定例ていれい regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage
  • 事例じれい example; precedent; case
  • 恒例こうれい established practice; custom
  • 前例ぜんれい precedent

Characters sharing the phonetic 列

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 “렬” in Korean.

Other hanja read “례”

Other hanja with radical 人

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