Hanja Analyzer
姐

姐 — jeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
맏누이 저
Romanization
jeo
English
elder sister, young lady
Mandarin
jiě
Japanese on'yomi
ソ, シャ, シ, ショ, セ
Japanese kun'yomi
あね ねえさん
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
女 (38, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
且
Unicode
U+59D0

Parts that make up 姐

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 且 또 차, 공손할 저sound 돌 제단 또는 고기를 얹는 제기주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 姐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 姐 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 且.

Korean example words with 姐

  • 소저小姐 Korean gloss: ‘아가씨’를 한문 투로 이르는 말
  • 저저姐姐 Korean gloss: ‘누님’을 달리 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 且

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 女

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