Hanja Analyzer
倔

倔 — gul

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
딱딱할 굴
Romanization
gul
English
stubborn, obstinate, intransigent; firm
Mandarin
jué
Japanese on'yomi
クツ
Japanese kun'yomi
つよ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
人 (9, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
屈(굴)
Unicode
U+5014

Parts that make up 倔

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 屈 굽힐 굴sound 몸을 굽혀 웅크린 모양굽히는 일. ‘굴’ 계열의 소리

How 倔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 倔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 屈.

Characters sharing the phonetic 屈

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 “굴” in Korean.

Other hanja read “굴”

Other hanja with radical 人

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