凄 — cheo

Parts that make up 凄

How 凄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 凄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 仌, 妻.

Korean example words with 凄

• 처절하다凄切 Korean gloss: 몹시 처량하다
• 처연하다凄然 Korean gloss: 기운이 차고 쓸쓸하다
• 처처하다凄凄 Korean gloss: 찬 기운이 있고 쓸쓸하다
• 처우凄雨 Korean gloss: 차가운 비.
• 처일凄日 Korean gloss: 싸늘한 날. 곧, 가을날을 이른다.
• 처염凄艶 Korean gloss: ‘처염하다’의 어근.
• 처초하다凄楚 Korean gloss: 마음이 아프고 슬프다.
• 처절히凄切히 Korean gloss: 몹시 처량하게
• 처풍고우凄風苦雨 Korean gloss: 찬 바람과 궂은비라는 뜻으로, 좋지 않은 날씨나 몹시 처량하고 비참한 처지를 비유적으로 이르는 말.
• 처연히凄然히 Korean gloss: 기운이 차고 쓸쓸하게.
• 처초히凄楚히 Korean gloss: 아프고 슬픈 마음으로.
• 처처히凄凄히 Korean gloss: 찬 기운이 있고 쓸쓸하게.

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

Japanese words with 凄

• 凄いすごい terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength)
• 物凄いものすごい terrific; staggering; tremendous
• 凄まじいすさまじい terrible; dreadful; awful
• 凄むすごむ to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
• 凄艶せいえん weirdly beautiful
• 凄惨せいさん ghastly; gruesome; appalling
• 凄みすごみ ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness
• 凄腕すごうで remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique
• 凄絶せいぜつ extremely gruesome; lurid; violent
• 凄くすごく extremely; very; terribly
• 凄烈せいれつ fierce
• 凄文句すごもんく intimidating language

Characters sharing the phonetic 妻

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 “처” in Korean.

Other hanja read “처”

Other hanja with radical 冫