Hanja Analyzer
底

底 — jeo, ji

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밑 저, 이룰 지
Romanization
jeo, ji
English
bottom, underneath, underside
Mandarin
dǐ
Japanese on'yomi
テイ, タイ
Japanese kun'yomi
そこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#867 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
广 (53, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
氐(저)
Unicode
U+5E95

Parts that make up 底

  • 广 바윗집 엄 한쪽 벽에 기댄 지붕집과 건물
  • 氐 근본 저sound 각시 씨(氏) 아래에 표를 한 모양밑바탕. ‘저·지’ 계열의 소리

How 底 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 底 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 广, 氐.

Korean example words with 底

  • 저토底土 Korean gloss: 밑바닥 흙
  • 심저心底 Korean gloss: 마음의 밑바닥
  • 하저河底 Korean gloss: 하천의 밑바닥
  • 해저海底 Korean gloss: 바다의 밑바닥
  • 흉저胸底 Korean gloss: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각
  • 저력底力 Korean gloss: 속에 간직하고 있는 든든한 힘
  • 저류底流 Korean gloss: 강이나 바다의 바닥을 흐르는 물결
  • 지저地底 Korean gloss: 땅을 뚫고 들어간 속이나 땅의 아래
  • 저의底意 Korean gloss: 겉으로 드러나지 아니한, 속에 품은 생각
  • 철저徹底 Korean gloss: 속속들이 꿰뚫어 미치어 밑바닥까지 빈틈이나 부족함이 없음
  • 기저면基底面 Korean gloss: 어떤 것의 바닥이 되는 면
  • 저변층底邊層 Korean gloss: 한 분야의 밑바탕을 이루는 계층

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

Japanese words with 底

  • 徹底てってい thoroughness; completeness; consistency
  • 底そこ bottom; sole
  • 海底かいてい bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed
  • 根底こんてい root; basis; foundation
  • 底入れそこいれ bottoming out (of prices)
  • 底流ていりゅう undercurrent
  • 底辺ていへん base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels
  • 底力そこぢから hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality
  • 底打ちそこうち bottoming out
  • 底値そこね bottom price
  • 到底とうてい (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all
  • 心底しんそこ bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts

Characters sharing the phonetic 氐

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 “저” in Korean.

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 广

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