Hanja Analyzer
卻

卻 — gak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물리칠 각
Romanization
gak
English
still, but; decline; retreat
Mandarin
què
Japanese on'yomi
カク, キャク
Japanese kun'yomi
かえ.って しりぞ.く しりぞ.ける
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Variant forms
却
Radical
卩 (26, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
谷
Unicode
U+537B

Parts that make up 卻

  • 谷 골 곡, 성씨 욕sound 물이 흘러나오는 골짜기골짜기. ‘곡·욕’ 계열의 소리
  • 卩 몸기 절, 병부 절 무릎 꿇은 사람몸을 굽혀 따르는 일

How 卻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 卻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 𧮫, 卩.

Characters sharing the phonetic 谷

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

Other hanja read “각”

Other hanja with radical 卩

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