Hanja Analyzer
催

催 — choe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
재촉할 최
Romanization
choe
English
press, urge
Mandarin
cuī
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, スイ
Japanese kun'yomi
もよう.す もよお.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#536 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
人 (9, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
崔(최)
Unicode
U+50AC

Parts that make up 催

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 崔 성(姓)/높을 최sound 산 위의 새높다. ‘최’ 계열의 소리

How 催 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 催 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 崔.

Korean example words with 催

  • 주최主催 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임을 주장하고 기획하여 엶
  • 최면催眠 Korean gloss: 암시에 의하여 인위적으로 이끌어 낸, 잠에 가까운 상태
  • 최촉하다催促 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 빨리 하도록 조르다
  • 개최되다開催 Korean gloss: 모임이나 회의 따위가 주최되어 열리다
  • 최면제催眠劑 Korean gloss: 잠이 들게 하는 약
  • 최면성催眠性 Korean gloss: 잠이 들게 하는 성질
  • 개최일開催日 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임 따위를 여는 날
  • 개최지開催地 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임 따위를 여는 장소
  • 개최사開催社 Korean gloss: 행사, 모임 따위를 주최하여 여는 회사
  • 주최국主催國 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임을 주장하고 기획하여 여는 나라
  • 주최사主催社 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임을 주장하고 기획하여 여는 회사
  • 주최자主催者 Korean gloss: 행사나 모임을 주장하여 여는 개인이나 단체

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

Japanese words with 催

  • 開催かいさい holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
  • 主催しゅさい sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing
  • 催しもよおし event; festivities; function
  • 共催きょうさい joint sponsorship (of an event); cosponsorship; joint hosting
  • 催すもよおす to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.)
  • 催涙さいるい tear-inducing
  • 催し物もよおしもの (program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions
  • 催促さいそく pressing; urging; demanding
  • 催眠さいみん hypnosis
  • 催眠術さいみんじゅつ hypnotism
  • 催告さいこく notification
  • 併催へいさい combining a pair of events; joint

Characters sharing the phonetic 崔

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 “최” in Korean.

Other hanja read “최”

Other hanja with radical 人

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