Hanja Analyzer
嶢

嶢 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
높을 요
Romanization
yo
English
high or tall
Mandarin
yáo
Japanese on'yomi
ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
けわ.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
山 (46, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
堯
Unicode
U+5DA2

Parts that make up 嶢

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 堯 요임금 요sound 흙을 높이 쌓은 모양높다. ‘요’ 계열의 소리로 쓴다

How 嶢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嶢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 堯.

Korean example words with 嶢

  • 요요하다嶢嶢 Korean gloss: 뜻이 깊고 높다.
  • 요기嶢崎 Korean gloss: ‘요기하다’의 어근.
  • 요암嶢巖 Korean gloss: ‘요암하다’의 어근.
  • 요요히嶢嶢히 Korean gloss: 뜻이 깊고 높게.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 堯

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

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 山

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