Hanja Analyzer
喟

喟 — wi, goe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
한숨쉴 위, 한숨쉴 괴
Romanization
wi, goe
English
heave sigh, sigh
Mandarin
kuì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
なげ.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
口 (30, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
胃(위)
Unicode
U+559F

Parts that make up 喟

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 胃 밥통 위sound 먹은 것이 든 밥통밥통과 소화. ‘위’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 喟

  • 喟然きぜん sighing

Characters sharing the phonetic 胃

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 “위” in Korean.

Other hanja read “위”

Other hanja with radical 口

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