Hanja Analyzer
幃

幃 — wi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
향낭 위, 홑휘장 위
Romanization
wi
English
curtain that forms wall
Mandarin
wéi
Japanese on'yomi
イ, キ
Japanese kun'yomi
とばり
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
巾 (50, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
韋(위)
Unicode
U+5E43

Parts that make up 幃

  • 巾 수건 건 걸쳐 놓은 헝겊천으로 만든 것
  • 韋 가죽 위sound 발이 어긋나며 두른 가죽가죽. ‘위’ 계열의 소리

How 幃 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 幃 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 巾, 韋.

Characters sharing the phonetic 韋

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 “위” in Korean.

Other hanja read “위”

Other hanja with radical 巾

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