Hanja Analyzer
嵯

嵯 — cha, chi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
산높고험할 차, 산세들쭉날쭉한모양 치
Romanization
cha, chi
English
high, towering; irregular, rugged
Mandarin
cuó
Japanese on'yomi
サ, シ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,191 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
山 (46, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+5D6F

Parts that make up 嵯

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 差 다를 차, 어긋날 치 보리를 손으로 비비는 모양어긋남. ‘차·치’ 계열의 소리

How 嵯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嵯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 差.

Korean example words with 嵯

  • 차아하다嵯峨 Korean gloss: 산이 높고 험하다
  • 차차하다嵯嵯 Korean gloss: 산이 높고 험하다.
  • 고차국古嵯國 Korean gloss: 삼한 때에, 변한에 속한 나라. 경상남도 고성군에 있었던 것으로 추측한다.

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

Japanese words with 嵯

  • 嵯峨さが precipitous
  • 嵯峨野線さがのせん Sagano Line (Kyoto)
  • 嵯峨美術大学さがびじゅつだいがく Kyoto Saga University of Arts

Other hanja read “차”

Other hanja with radical 山

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