Hanja Analyzer
姿

姿 — ja

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
모양 자
Romanization
ja
English
one's manner, carriage, bearing
Mandarin
zī
Japanese on'yomi
シ
Japanese kun'yomi
すがた
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#441 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
女 (38, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
次(자)
Unicode
U+59FF

Parts that make up 姿

  • 次 버금 차sound 숨을 내쉬는 사람버금. ‘차·자’ 계열의 소리
  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계

How 姿 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 姿 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 次, 女.

Korean example words with 姿

  • 체자體姿 Korean gloss: 몸의 자세
  • 웅자雄姿 Korean gloss: 웅장한 모습
  • 자용姿容 Korean gloss: 모습이나 모양
  • 영자英姿 Korean gloss: 매우 늠름한 자태
  • 자모姿貌 Korean gloss: 얼굴의 모양이나 모습
  • 천자天姿 Korean gloss: 타고난 용모 또는 맵시
  • 자색姿色 Korean gloss: 여자의 고운 얼굴이나 모습
  • 양자樣姿 Korean gloss: 겉으로 나타난 모양이나 모습
  • 용자容姿 Korean gloss: 용모와 자태를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 자체姿體 Korean gloss: 몸의 움직임. 또는 몸을 거두는 일
  • 자태姿態 Korean gloss: 어떤 모습이나 모양. 주로 여성의 고운 맵시나 태도에 대하여 이르며 식물, 건축물, 강, 산 따위를 사람에 비유하여 이르기도
  • 자세별姿勢別 Korean gloss: 자세에 따른 구별

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

Japanese words with 姿

  • 姿すがた figure; form; shape
  • 姿勢しせい posture; pose; position
  • 容姿ようし (physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
  • 後ろ姿うしろすがた (a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view
  • 雄姿ゆうし majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance
  • 低姿勢ていしせい (keeping a) low profile
  • 晴れ姿はれすがた appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
  • 英姿えいし gallant figure; impressive figure; noble appearance
  • 幻姿げんし apparition
  • 姿見すがたみ full-length mirror
  • 姿態したい figure; form; style
  • 風姿ふうし appearance; demeanor; demeanour

Characters sharing the phonetic 次

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 “자” in Korean.

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 女

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences