Hanja Analyzer
咋

咋 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
잠간 사
Romanization
sa
English
question-forming particle, why? how? what?; to bite; loud
Mandarin
zǎ
Japanese on'yomi
サク, サ, シャク, シャ
Japanese kun'yomi
か.む く.う くら.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
口 (30, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
乍
Unicode
U+548B

Parts that make up 咋

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 乍 잠깐 사sound 나무를 찍는 도끼‘사·작·조’ 계열의 소리

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

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

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 口

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