Hanja Analyzer
啜

啜 — cheol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
훌쩍거릴 철
Romanization
cheol
English
sip, suck up; sob, weep
Mandarin
chuài
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, テツ, セイ, テイ, エイ, テチ, セチ, セ
Japanese kun'yomi
すす.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
口 (30, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
叕(철)
Unicode
U+555C

How 啜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 啜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 叕.

Japanese words with 啜

  • 啜るすする to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle
  • 吸啜反射きゅうてつはんしゃ sucking reflex

Characters sharing the phonetic 叕

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “철” in Korean.

Other hanja read “철”

Other hanja with radical 口

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