崖 — ae, ui

Parts that make up 崖

How 崖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 崖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 厓.

Korean example words with 崖

• 창애蒼崖 Korean gloss: 아주 높은 절벽
• 단애斷崖 Korean gloss: 깎아 세운 듯한 낭떠러지
• 애로崖路 Korean gloss: 절벽 위나 산허리의 험한 길
• 음애陰崖 Korean gloss: 햇빛이 들지 아니하는 낭떠러지나 언덕
• 급애急崖 Korean gloss: 산 사면이 수직에 가까운 급경사를 이룬 지형
• 고애高崖 Korean gloss: 높은 벼랑.
• 애하崖下 Korean gloss: 벼랑의 밑.
• 사애斜崖 Korean gloss: 비탈진 벼랑.
• 애략崖略 Korean gloss: 대강의 줄거리.
• 괴애乖崖 Korean gloss: ‘김수온’의 호.
• 애류崖溜 Korean gloss: ‘권덕규’의 호.
• 운애雲崖 Korean gloss: ‘박효관’의 호.

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

Japanese words with 崖

• 崖がけ cliff; precipice; precipice
• 断崖だんがい precipice; cliff; bluff
• 懸崖けんがい overhanging cliff
• 崎崖きがい steepness of a mountain
• 崖道がけみち path along a cliff
• 崖上がいじょう cliff top
• 崖下がいか below a cliff
• 海食崖かいしょくがい sea cliff
• 崖崩れがけくずれ landslide; landslip
• 断層崖だんそうがい fault scarp; fault escarpment
• 磨崖仏まがいぶつ Buddha figure carved on a rock face
• 断崖絶壁だんがいぜっぺき precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation

Characters sharing the phonetic 厓

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “애” in Korean.

Other hanja read “애”

Other hanja with radical 山