Hanja Analyzer
勦

勦 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노곤할 초
Romanization
cho
English
destroy, exterminate, annihilate
Mandarin
chāo
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ショウ, ジョウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
力 (19, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
巢
Unicode
U+52E6

Parts that make up 勦

  • 巢 새집 소sound 나무 위 둥지 속의 새끼 새둥지. ‘소’ 계열의 소리
  • 力 힘 력 힘줄이 선 팔힘과 힘써 하는 일

How 勦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 勦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 巢, 力.

Japanese words with 勦

  • 勦討そうとう complete annihilation

Characters sharing the phonetic 巢

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

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 力

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