害
害 — hae, hal
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 해할 해, 손해 할
- Romanization
- hae, hal
- English
- injure, harm; destroy, kill
- Mandarin
- hài
- Japanese on'yomi
- ガイ, カイ, カツ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- そこなう なんぞ わざわい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #358 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 (40, 7 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5BB3
How 害 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 害 as a ideographic involving 宀, 口, 丯.
Korean example words with 害
- 대해大害 Korean gloss: 큰 피해
- 실해實害 Korean gloss: 실질적 손해
- 해심害心 Korean gloss: 해치려는 마음
- 해의害意 Korean gloss: 해치려는 마음
- 독해獨害 Korean gloss: 혼자서만 입는 해
- 독해毒害 Korean gloss: 독으로 남을 죽임
- 민해民害 Korean gloss: 국민이 당하는 피해
- 폐해弊害 Korean gloss: 폐단으로 생기는 해
- 풍해風害 Korean gloss: 바람으로 인한 재해
- 암해暗害 Korean gloss: 남몰래 해치거나 죽임
- 저해沮害 Korean gloss: 막아서 못하도록 해침
- 수해水害 Korean gloss: 폭우나 홍수로 인한 피해
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 害
- 障害しょうがい obstacle; impediment; hindrance
- 被害ひがい (suffering) damage; injury; harm
- 災害さいがい calamity; disaster; misfortune
- 損害そんがい damage; injury; loss
- 障害者しょうがいしゃ disabled person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
- 公害こうがい pollution; public nuisance; contamination
- 被害者ひがいしゃ victim; injured party; sufferer
- 侵害しんがい infringement; violation; invasion
- 妨害ぼうがい obstruction; hindrance; blocking
- 殺害さつがい killing; murder
- 弊害へいがい harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice
- 利害りがい advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
Characters sharing the phonetic 害
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 “할” in Korean.
Other hanja read “해”
Other hanja with radical 宀
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences