Hanja Analyzer
孰

孰 — suk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
누구 숙
Romanization
suk
English
who? which? what? which one?
Mandarin
shú
Japanese on'yomi
シュク, ジュク
Japanese kun'yomi
いずれ たれ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
子 (39, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5B70

Parts that make up 孰

  • 享 누릴 향 제물을 올린 사당‘향·형·순’ 계열의 소리
  • 丸 둥글 환 몸을 굽힌 모양둥글다. ‘환’ 계열의 소리

How 孰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 孰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 𦎫, 丮.

Korean example words with 孰

  • 지숙하다至孰 Korean gloss: 표정이나 빛 따위가 무겁거나 어두컴컴하다
  • 미지숙시未知孰是 Korean gloss: 누가 옳은지 알 수 없음.
  • 숙능어지孰能禦之 Korean gloss: 누가 감히 막을 수 있겠느냐는 뜻으로, 능히 막기 어려움을 이르는 말.
  • 수원숙우誰怨孰尤 Korean gloss: 누구를 원망하고 누구를 탓하겠냐는 뜻으로, 남을 원망하거나 탓할 것이 없음을 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 孰

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 “숙” in Korean.

Other hanja read “숙”

Other hanja with radical 子

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