Hanja Analyzer
傑

傑 — geol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
뛰어날 걸
Romanization
geol
English
hero; outstanding, remarkable
Mandarin
jié
Japanese on'yomi
ケツ
Japanese kun'yomi
すぐ.れる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,926 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
人 (9, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
桀
Unicode
U+5091

Parts that make up 傑

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 桀 하(夏)왕이름 걸sound 나무 위에 어긋난 두 발‘걸’ 계열의 소리

How 傑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 傑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 桀.

Korean example words with 傑

  • 걸사傑士 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 사람
  • 걸승傑僧 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 승려
  • 걸대傑大 Korean gloss: ‘걸때’의 원말
  • 재걸才傑 Korean gloss: 재주가 뛰어난 사람
  • 인걸人傑 Korean gloss: 특히 뛰어난 인재(人材)
  • 걸출傑出 Korean gloss: 남보다 훨씬 뛰어남. 또는 그런 사람
  • 여걸女傑 Korean gloss: 용기가 뛰어나고 기개와 풍모가 있는 여자
  • 걸작傑作 Korean gloss: 우스꽝스럽거나 유별나서 남의 주목을 끄는 사물이나 사람
  • 쾌걸快傑 Korean gloss: 성격이나 행동이 시원스러우면서 재주와 슬기가 매우 뛰어남. 또는 그런 사람
  • 굉걸하다宏傑 Korean gloss: 굉장하고 훌륭하다
  • 장걸하다壯傑 Korean gloss: 기골이 장대하고 우람하다
  • 호걸스럽다豪傑 Korean gloss: 지혜와 용기가 뛰어나고 기개와 풍모가 있다

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

Japanese words with 傑

  • 傑作けっさく masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre
  • 傑出けっしゅつ being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
  • 豪傑ごうけつ hero; bold person; daring person
  • 傑けつ the top (e.g. top ten); the best
  • 怪傑かいけつ person of extraordinary talent; wonder; marvel
  • 傑士けっし great man; hero; outstanding person
  • 傑人けつじん outstanding person; distinguished person; person of high caliber
  • 傑物けつぶつ great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure
  • 俊傑しゅんけつ hero; genius
  • 人傑じんけつ great person; outstanding talent; hero
  • 英傑えいけつ great person; hero; mastermind
  • 女傑じょけつ heroine; great woman; brave woman

Characters sharing the phonetic 桀

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

磔

Other hanja read “걸”

Other hanja with radical 人

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