Hanja Analyzer
剴

剴 — gae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
낫 개, 가까울 개, 간절할 개
Romanization
gae
English
sharpen; carefully, thorough
Mandarin
kǎi
Japanese on'yomi
ガイ, カイ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
刀 (18, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
豈
Unicode
U+5274

Parts that make up 剴

  • 豈 어찌 기, 승전악 개sound 장식을 얹은 북‘기·개’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 剴 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 剴 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豈, 刀.

Japanese words with 剴

  • 剴切がいせつ appropriateness; adequacy; aptness

Characters sharing the phonetic 豈

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

Other hanja read “개”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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