Hanja Analyzer
峭

峭 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가파를 초
Romanization
cho
English
steep, precipitous, rugged
Mandarin
qiào
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
きび.しい けわ.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
山 (46, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
肖
Unicode
U+5CED

Parts that make up 峭

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 肖 닮을/같을 초, 쇠약할 소sound 작게 저민 고기로 보나 설이 갈린다‘초·소’ 계열의 소리

How 峭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 峭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 肖.

Japanese words with 峭

  • 峭刻しょうこく very rigorous; strict; cruel
  • 峻峭しゅんしょう tall and steep; severe and dignified; severe and cruel
  • 奇峭きしょう steep; precipitous; harsh (personality)

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 “초”

Other hanja with radical 山

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