Hanja Analyzer
嘶

嘶 — si

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
말울/목쉴 시
Romanization
si
English
neighing of a horse; gravel voiced, husky throated; (Cant.) to hiccough
Mandarin
sī
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, サイ
Japanese kun'yomi
いなな.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
口 (30, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
斯(시)
Unicode
U+5636

Parts that make up 嘶

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 斯 이 사sound 도끼로 쪼개는 모양‘사·시’ 계열의 소리

How 嘶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嘶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 斯.

Korean example words with 嘶

  • 성시聲嘶 Korean gloss: 목이 쉼.
  • 성시증聲嘶症 Korean gloss: 창병이나 후두 따위의 병으로 목이 쉬는 증세.

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

Japanese words with 嘶

  • 嘶くいななく to neigh
  • 嘶きいななき neigh; whinny; bray

Characters sharing the phonetic 斯

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 “시” in Korean.

Other hanja read “시”

Other hanja with radical 口

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