厄 — aek

Parts that make up 厄

How 厄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 厄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 厂, 卪.

Korean example words with 厄

• 액운厄運 Korean gloss: 액을 당할 운수
• 대액大厄 Korean gloss: 몹시 사나운 운수
• 액년厄年 Korean gloss: 운수가 사나운 해
• 액화厄禍 Korean gloss: 액으로 입는 재앙
• 액병厄病 Korean gloss: 재앙을 가져오는 병
• 재액災厄 Korean gloss: 재앙으로 인한 불운
• 횡액橫厄 Korean gloss: 뜻밖에 닥쳐오는 불행
• 수액數厄 Korean gloss: 운수에 관한 불행한 재앙
• 액난厄難 Korean gloss: 뜻밖에 일어난 재앙과 고난
• 액회厄會 Korean gloss: 재앙이 닥치는 불행한 고비
• 형액刑厄 Korean gloss: 형벌을 받게 되는 불행한 운
• 액물厄物 Korean gloss: 모질고 사나운 운수를 띤 물건

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

Japanese words with 厄

• 厄介やっかい trouble; burden; nuisance
• 厄年やくどし unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō)
• 厄やく misfortune; bad luck; evil
• 災厄さいやく calamity; disaster; accident
• 前厄まえやく the year before a critical age; the year before an inauspicious year
• 厄災やくさい calamity; disaster; accident
• 厄前やくまえ the year before the unlucky year
• 厄難やくなん calamity; evil; misfortune
• 厄日やくび unlucky day; bad day; evil day
• 大厄たいやく calamity; disaster; great misfortune
• 後厄あとやく the year following an inauspicious year
• 苦厄くやく hardship and misfortune

Characters sharing the phonetic 厄

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

Other hanja read “액”

Other hanja with radical 厂