Hanja Analyzer
岬

岬 — gap

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
곶(串) 갑
Romanization
gap
English
cape; promontory, headland
Mandarin
jiǎ
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
みさき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,972 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
山 (46, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
甲
Unicode
U+5CAC

Parts that make up 岬

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 甲 갑옷 갑sound 등딱지의 갈라진 금껍데기와 첫째. ‘갑·압’ 계열의 소리

How 岬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 岬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 甲.

Korean example words with 岬

  • 산갑山岬 Korean gloss: 산기슭의 쑥 내민 귀퉁이.
  • 잠갑潛岬 Korean gloss: 산맥이 바닷속에 이어져 있는 부분.
  • 갑각岬角 Korean gloss: 바다 쪽으로, 부리 모양으로 뾰족하게 뻗은 육지.
  • 사갑沙岬 Korean gloss: 해안에서 바다 가운데로 내밀어 곶을 이룬 모래사장.
  • 갑각구岬角溝 Korean gloss: 가운데 귀에서 고실 곶의 표면에 나 있는 고랑. 고실 신경얼기를 이루는 신경에 의해 생긴다.
  • 갑각지각岬角支脚 Korean gloss: 고실에서, 고실 곶과 달팽이창의 뒤쪽에 돌출한 부분.

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

Japanese words with 岬

  • 岬みさき cape (on coast)
  • 岬湾こうわん capes and bays; indentation (of a coast)
  • 岬角こうかく anat promontory; promontory

Characters sharing the phonetic 甲

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

Other hanja read “갑”

Other hanja with radical 山

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences