Hanja Analyzer
嫖

嫖 — pyo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가벼울 표, 날랠 표, 색에 빠질 표
Romanization
pyo
English
patronize prostitutes, frequent
Mandarin
piáo
Japanese on'yomi
ヒョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かる.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
女 (38, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
票(표)
Unicode
U+5AD6

Parts that make up 嫖

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 票 표 표sound 불티가 날아오르는 모양‘표’ 계열의 소리

How 嫖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嫖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 票.

Characters sharing the phonetic 票

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 “표” in Korean.

Other hanja read “표”

Other hanja with radical 女

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