Hanja Analyzer
屑

屑 — seol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가루 설
Romanization
seol
English
bits, scraps, crumbs, fragments
Mandarin
xiè
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, ソツ, セチ, ソチ
Japanese kun'yomi
くず いさぎよ.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
10
Radical
尸 (44, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
肖
Unicode
U+5C51

Parts that make up 屑

  • 尸 주검 시 구부린 몸몸과 몸으로 하는 일, 집
  • 肖 닮을/같을 초, 쇠약할 소sound 작게 저민 고기로 보나 설이 갈린다‘초·소’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 屑

  • 폐설물廢屑物 Korean gloss: 원자재 따위를 베거나 마를 때에 나오는 부스러기
  • 석설石屑 Korean gloss: 돌 부스러기.
  • 지설紙屑 Korean gloss: 종이 부스러기.
  • 사설絲屑 Korean gloss: 실의 잔부스러기.
  • 쇄설碎屑 Korean gloss: 깨어진 부스러기.
  • 설화屑話 Korean gloss: 자질구레한 이야기.
  • 설견屑繭 Korean gloss: 추리고 남은 누에고치.
  • 불설不屑 Korean gloss: 탐탁하게 여기지 아니함.
  • 낙설落屑 Korean gloss: ‘비늘 벗음’의 전 용어.
  • 동설銅屑 Korean gloss: 구리의 가루. 약으로 쓰인다.
  • 한담설화閑談屑話 Korean gloss: 심심풀이로 하는 자질구레한 말
  • 설진屑塵 Korean gloss: 티와 먼지를 통틀어 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 屑

  • 屑くず waste; scrap; garbage
  • 鋸屑のこくず sawdust
  • 屑籠くずかご wastebasket; wastepaper basket
  • 星屑ほしくず (countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
  • 麻屑あさくず oakum; tow
  • 鉋屑かんなくず wood shavings
  • 金屑かなくず scrap metal
  • 屑糸くずいと waste thread
  • 屑屋くずや ragman; junkman; garbage man
  • 藻屑もくず scraps of seaweed
  • 屑物くずもの trash; junk; garbage
  • 鱗屑りんせつ scale (i.e. of pathologically dry skin)

Characters sharing the phonetic 肖

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

Other hanja read “설”

Other hanja with radical 尸

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