Hanja Analyzer
寂

寂 — jeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
고요할 적
Romanization
jeok
English
still, silent, quiet; desolate
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
ジャク, セキ
Japanese kun'yomi
さび さび.しい さび.れる さみ.しい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,599 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
宀 (40, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
叔
Unicode
U+5BC2

Parts that make up 寂

  • 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
  • 叔 아재비 숙sound 말뚝으로 땅을 파는 손‘숙·척’ 계열의 소리

How 寂 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 寂 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宀, 叔.

Korean example words with 寂

  • 적궁寂宮 Korean gloss: 적막한 궁궐
  • 적료寂廖 Korean gloss: ‘적요’의 원말
  • 적막寂寞 Korean gloss: 고요하고 쓸쓸함
  • 고적하다孤寂 Korean gloss: 외롭고 쓸쓸하다
  • 소적하다蕭寂 Korean gloss: 쓸쓸하고 호젓하다
  • 적연하다寂然 Korean gloss: 조용하고 고요하다
  • 한적하다閑寂 Korean gloss: 한가하고 고요하다
  • 적적하다寂寂 Korean gloss: 하는 일 없이 심심하다
  • 울적하다鬱寂 Korean gloss: 마음이 답답하고 쓸쓸하다
  • 고적감孤寂感 Korean gloss: 외롭고 쓸쓸한 느낌
  • 적적미寂寂味 Korean gloss: 조용하고 쓸쓸한 맛
  • 적막감寂寞感 Korean gloss: 의지할 데 없이 외로운 느낌이나 마음

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

Japanese words with 寂

  • 寂さび patina; antique look; elegant simplicity
  • 静寂せいじゃく silence; stillness; quietness
  • 寂しいさびしい lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; forlorn
  • 寂然せきぜん lonely; desolate; forlornness
  • 円寂えんじゃく nirvana; death of the Buddha
  • 閑寂かんじゃく quiet; peaceful; tranquil
  • 寂寥せきりょう loneliness; desolateness
  • 入寂にゅうじゃく death of a priest; nirvana; spiritual liberty
  • 幽寂ゆうじゃく quiet; sequestered
  • 寂滅じゃくめつ achieving nirvana; death
  • 寂寞せきばく lonely; lonesome; dreary
  • 闃寂げきせき silent and still; desolate

Characters sharing the phonetic 叔

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

Other hanja read “적”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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