嫋
嫋 — nyo, yak
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 嫋
How 嫋 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 嫋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 弱.
Japanese words with 嫋
- 嫋やかたおやか graceful; willowy; lissome
- 余韻嫋々よいんじょうじょう (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.)
Characters sharing the phonetic 弱
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 “약” in Korean.
Other hanja read “뇨”
Other hanja with radical 女
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