Hanja Analyzer
噬

噬 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
씹을 서
Romanization
seo
English
bite; gnaw; snap at
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
ゼイ, セイ, エイ
Japanese kun'yomi
か.む
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
口 (30, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
筮(서)
Unicode
U+566C

Parts that make up 噬

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 筮 점대 서sound

How 噬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 噬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 筮.

Japanese words with 噬

  • 反噬はんぜい turning against one's master; returning evil for good
  • 噬臍ぜいせい bitter regret
  • 火雷噬嗑からいぜいごう shi he (hexagram 21 of the I Ching: biting through)

Characters sharing the phonetic 筮

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 “서” in Korean.

澨

Other hanja read “서”

叙 墅 壻 婿 嶼 序 庶 庻 徐 恕 抒 捿 揟 撕 敍 敘 暑 曙 書 栖 棲 樨 湑 澨 犀 瑞 癙 筮 紓 絮 緒 緖 署 耡 胥 舒 芧 薯 藇 西 誓 諝 谞 逝 鉏 鋤 閪 鱮 黍 鼠

Other hanja with radical 口

口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 号 司 叺 吁 吃 各 吅 吆 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吕 吘 吚 君 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 否 吧 吨 吩 吪 含 听 吭 吮 启 吱 吲

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