Hanja Analyzer
勢

勢 — se

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
형세 세
Romanization
se
English
power, force; tendency
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
セイ
Japanese kun'yomi
いきお.い はずみ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#260 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
力 (19, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+52E2

Parts that make up 勢

  • 埶 모종을 심는 사람‘예·세’ 계열의 소리
  • 力 힘 력 힘줄이 선 팔힘과 힘써 하는 일

How 勢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 勢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 埶, 力.

Korean example words with 勢

  • 국세國勢 Korean gloss: 나라의 형편
  • 세덕勢德 Korean gloss: 권세의 덕택
  • 외세外勢 Korean gloss: 바깥의 형세
  • 풍세風勢 Korean gloss: 바람의 기세
  • 행세行勢 Korean gloss: 세도를 부림
  • 군세軍勢 Korean gloss: 군대의 인원수
  • 퇴세頹勢 Korean gloss: 쇠퇴하는 형세
  • 파세派勢 Korean gloss: 당파들의 세력
  • 문세文勢 Korean gloss: 글의 기세와 힘
  • 산세山勢 Korean gloss: 산이 생긴 모양
  • 세가勢家 Korean gloss: 권세 있는 집안
  • 병세病勢 Korean gloss: 병의 상태나 형세

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

Japanese words with 勢

  • 姿勢しせい posture; pose; position
  • 情勢じょうせい state of things; state of affairs; situation
  • 勢力せいりょく influence; power; might
  • 勢いいきおい force; vigor; vigour
  • 態勢たいせい attitude; posture; preparedness
  • 大勢おおぜい crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
  • 攻勢こうせい offensive (movement); aggression
  • 優勢ゆうせい superiority; superior power; predominance
  • 実勢じっせい actual; real; true
  • 総勢そうぜい all members; whole army
  • 国勢調査こくせいちょうさ (national) census
  • 気勢きせい fervour; fervor; vigour

Other hanja read “세”

Other hanja with radical 力

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