Hanja Analyzer
倪

倪 — ye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어릴 예
Romanization
ye
English
feeble, tiny, young and weak
Mandarin
ní
Japanese on'yomi
ゲイ, ガイ, ゲツ
Japanese kun'yomi
きわ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
人 (9, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
兒(예)
Unicode
U+502A

Parts that make up 倪

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 兒 아이 아sound 숨구멍이 아직 닫히지 않은 아이아이. ‘아·예’ 계열의 소리

How 倪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 倪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 兒.

Korean example words with 倪

  • 단예端倪 Korean gloss: 사물이 되어 가는 것을 추측하여 앎.
  • 건단곤예乾端坤倪 Korean gloss: 하늘 끝과 땅의 끝을 아울러 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 倪

  • 端倪たんげい conjecture; surmise
  • 端倪すべからざるたんげいすべからざる inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable

Characters sharing the phonetic 兒

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 “예” in Korean.

唲 堄 掜 猊 睨 蜺 輗 霓 鬩 鯢 鶂 麑

Other hanja read “예”

乂 兑 刈 勩 医 叡 呭 囈 堄 嫛 拽 掜 曳 枘 橤 汭 濊 猊 獩 瘞 睨 睿 瞖 穢 繄 羿 翳 芮 苅 蓺 蕊 蕋 薉 藝 蘂 蚋 蜺 裔 詣 誉 譽 豫 輗 銳 鋭 霓 預 鯢 鷖 麑

Other hanja with radical 人

人 亽 亾 什 仁 仂 仄 仆 仇 今 介 仍 从 仏 仒 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仚 仛 仝 仞 仟 仡 仢 代 令 以 仭 仮 仰 仲 仳 仵 件 价 任 份 仿 伀 企 伃 伅 伇 伈 伉 伊 伋 伍 伎 伏 伐 休 伙 会 伜 伝

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