嶇

嶇 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 험할 구
Romanization: gu
English: steep, sheer; rugged, rough
Mandarin: qū
Japanese on'yomi: ク
Japanese kun'yomi: けわ.しい
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 14
Radical: 山 (46, 11 residual)
Phonetic component: 區(구)
Unicode: U+5D87

Parts that make up 嶇

山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
區 구분할/지경 구, 경계 우sound 칸을 나눠 담은 상자나눈 구역. ‘구·우’ 계열의 소리

How 嶇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嶇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 區.

Korean example words with 嶇

기구하다崎嶇 Korean gloss: (비유적으로) 세상살이가 순탄하지 못하고 가탈이 많다
기구험로崎嶇險路 Korean gloss: 아주 험악한 산길.
기구망측하다崎嶇罔測 Korean gloss: 운수가 사납기 짝이 없다.
기구히崎嶇히 Korean gloss: 세상살이가 순탄하지 못하고 가탈이 많게.

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

Japanese words with 嶇

崎嶇きく steep (mountain); precipitous; hard (life)

Characters sharing the phonetic 區

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 “구” in Korean.

傴嘔嫗摳樞歐毆漚甌謳軀饇驅鷗

Other hanja with radical 山

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