劇
劇 — geuk
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 심할 극
- Romanization
- geuk
- English
- theatrical plays, opera, drama
- Mandarin
- jù
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゲキ, ケキ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はげしい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #662 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 刀 (18, 13 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5287
Parts that make up 劇
- 豦 범과 멧돼지가 맞붙은 모양‘거·극’ 계열의 소리
- 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다
How 劇 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 劇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豦, 刀.
Korean example words with 劇
- 극성劇性 Korean gloss: 극렬한 성질
- 관극觀劇 Korean gloss: 연극을 구경함
- 극담劇談 Korean gloss: 쾌활한 이야기
- 극적劇賊 Korean gloss: 범행의 규모가 큰 도둑
- 극통劇痛 Korean gloss: 뼈에 사무치게 맺힌 고통
- 극단劇團 Korean gloss: 연극을 전문으로 공연하는 단체
- 극직劇職 Korean gloss: 몹시 바쁘고 힘든 직업상의 임무
- 극서劇暑 Korean gloss: 몹시 심하여서 견디기 어려운 더위
- 극한劇寒 Korean gloss: 몹시 심하여서 견디기 어려운 추위
- 극연劇硏 Korean gloss: ‘극예술 연구회’를 줄여 이르는 말
- 희극喜劇 Korean gloss: 남의 웃음거리가 될 만한 일이나 사건
- 극독劇毒 Korean gloss: 아주 적은 양으로도 생명을 잃을 만큼 치명적인 독
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 劇
- 劇場げきじょう theatre; theater; playhouse
- 劇げき drama; play; powerful drug
- 演劇えんげき drama; theatre; theater
- 劇団げきだん troupe; theatrical company
- 悲劇ひげき tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play
- 歌劇かげき opera
- 喜劇きげき comedy
- 劇的げきてき dramatic; exciting; touching
- 時代劇じだいげき historical play; period drama
- 劇作げきさく playwriting
- 国立劇場こくりつげきじょう national theater
- 新劇しんげき shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
Other hanja read “극”
Other hanja with radical 刀
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