Hanja Analyzer
岌

岌 — geup

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
산높을 급
Romanization
geup
English
perilous, hazardous; high, steep
Mandarin
jí
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, ギュウ, ゴウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たか.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
6
Radical
山 (46, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5C8C

Parts that make up 岌

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 及 미칠 급 앞사람에 닿은 손미침. ‘급’ 계열의 소리

How 岌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 岌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 及.

Japanese words with 岌

  • 岌岌きゅうきゅう tall (as a mountain, etc.); exceedingly dangerous

Other hanja read “급”

Other hanja with radical 山

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