Hanja Analyzer
婿

婿 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
사위 서
Romanization
seo
English
son-in-law; husband
Mandarin
xù
Japanese on'yomi
セイ
Japanese kun'yomi
むこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,099 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
壻
Radical
女 (38, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
胥(서)
Unicode
U+5A7F

Parts that make up 婿

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 胥 서로 서sound 발과 고기를 합친 모양‘서’ 계열의 소리

How 婿 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婿 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 胥.

Japanese words with 婿

  • 娘婿むすめむこ son-in-law
  • 女婿じょせい son-in-law; (one's) daughter's husband
  • 花婿はなむこ bridegroom
  • 婿むこ husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
  • 乞婿こいむこ bridegroom who is loved by his bride
  • 令婿れいせい your son-in-law
  • 妹婿いもうとむこ the husband of one's younger sister
  • 姉婿あねむこ the husband of one's elder sister
  • 愛婿あいせい one's favorite son-in-law; one's favourite son-in-law
  • 相婿あいむこ brother-in-law
  • 王婿おうせい prince consort
  • 皇婿こうせい prince consort

Characters sharing the phonetic 胥

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.

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 女

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