埼

埼 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 갑 기
Romanization: gi
English: headland
Mandarin: qí
Japanese on'yomi: キ, ギ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi: さきさいみさき
Japanese usage: Jōyō kanji
School grade: Grade 4
Newspaper frequency: #971 of 2,500
Strokes: 11
Variant forms: 崎
Radical: 土 (32, 8 residual)
Phonetic component: 奇(기)
Unicode: U+57FC

Parts that make up 埼

土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
奇 기특할 기sound 큰 대(大)에 可 를 더한 모양남다른 것. ‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 埼 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 埼 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 奇.

Japanese words with 埼

埼玉さいたま Saitama (city, prefecture)
埼銀さいぎん Saitama Bank (abbr)
埼玉県さいたまけん Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
ダ埼玉ダさいたま Saitama Prefecture
埼京線さいきょうせん Saikyō Line (railway line running from Tokyo to Saitama)
埼玉大学さいたまだいがく Saitama University
埼玉銀行さいたまぎんこう Saitama Bank
埼玉県警さいたまけんけい Saitama Prefectural Police (abbr)
埼玉医科大学さいたまいかだいがく Saitama Medical School
埼玉工業大学さいたまこうぎょうだいがく Saitama Institute of Technology
埼玉県立大学さいたまけんりつだいがく Saitama Prefectural University
埼玉学園大学さいたまがくえんだいがく Saitama Gakuen University

Characters sharing the phonetic 奇

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 “기” in Korean.

倚剞寄崎掎攲椅欹猗琦畸綺錡騎

Other hanja with radical 土

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