嗇

嗇 — saek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 아낄 색
Romanization: saek
English: miserly, thrifty, stingy; stopped up, constipated
Mandarin: sè
Japanese on'yomi: ショク, シキ
Japanese kun'yomi: やぶさ.かおし.む
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 13
Radical: 口 (30, 10 residual)
Unicode: U+55C7

Parts that make up 嗇

巫 무당 무 춤출 무(舞)의 본래 글자로 본다무당과 빎. ‘무’ 계열의 소리
回 돌아올 회 소용돌이돌아옴. ‘회’ 계열의 소리

How 嗇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嗇 as a ideographic compound involving 來, 㐭.

Korean example words with 嗇

인색吝嗇 Korean gloss: 재물을 아끼는 태도가 몹시 지나침
인색가吝嗇家 Korean gloss: 몹시 인색한 사람
인색한吝嗇漢 Korean gloss: 몹시 인색한 사내
색부嗇夫 Korean gloss: 인색한 남자.
절색節嗇 Korean gloss: ‘절색하다’의 어근.
섬색하다纖嗇 Korean gloss: 재물을 아끼는 태도가 몹시 지나치다.
인색히吝嗇히 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 하는 데 대하여 지나치게 박하게

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

Japanese words with 嗇

吝嗇りんしょく stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
吝嗇家りんしょくか miser

Characters sharing the phonetic 嗇

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 “색” in Korean.

濇穡薔

Other hanja with radical 口

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