Hanja Analyzer
宜

宜 — ui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마땅 의
Romanization
ui
English
suitable, right, fitting, proper
Mandarin
yí
Japanese on'yomi
ギ
Japanese kun'yomi
よろ.しい よろ.しく
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,766 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
冝
Radical
宀 (40, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
且
Unicode
U+5B9C

Parts that make up 宜

  • 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
  • 且 또 차, 공손할 저sound 돌 제단 또는 고기를 얹는 제기주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 宜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 宜 as a ideographic compound involving 且, 多.

Korean example words with 宜

  • 사의事宜 Korean gloss: 이치에 맞아 일이 마땅함
  • 편의便宜 Korean gloss: 형편이나 조건 따위가 편하고 좋음
  • 시의時宜 Korean gloss: 그 당시의 사정에 알맞음. 또는 그런 요구
  • 의호宜乎 Korean gloss: 마땅하게
  • 의당하다宜當 Korean gloss: 사물의 이치와 같이 그러하다
  • 적의성適宜性 Korean gloss: 무엇을 하기에 알맞고 마땅한 성질
  • 편의상便宜上 Korean gloss: 형편이나 조건 따위가 편하고 좋은 측면
  • 편의실便宜房 Korean gloss: 이용객의 편의를 위하여 편리한 환경이나 조건을 갖춘 방
  • 편의품便宜品 Korean gloss: 일상생활을 좀 더 편하고 좋게 하기 위해 사용하는 상품
  • 편의점便宜店 Korean gloss: 고객의 편의를 위하여 24시간 문을 여는 잡화점. 주로 일용 잡화, 식료품 따위를 취급한다
  • 의칭宜稱 Korean gloss: 좋은 이름.
  • 의덕宜德 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 덕행.

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

Japanese words with 宜

  • 便宜べんぎ convenience; accommodation; advantage
  • 時宜じぎ right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
  • 適宜てきぎ suitable; appropriate; fitting
  • 宜しいよろしい good; OK; all right
  • 宜しくよろしく well; properly; suitably
  • 宜むべ truly; indeed
  • 機宜きぎ opportuneness; timeliness; opportunity
  • 事宜じぎ fitting thing
  • 情宜じょうぎ friendly feelings; fellowship
  • 禰宜ねぎ senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest); priest (below chief priest and above junior priest); grasshopper
  • 宜候ようそろ keep (it) steady (after a turn); understood; alright
  • 権宜けんぎ opportuneness; timeliness; convenience

Characters sharing the phonetic 且

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “의”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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