Hanja Analyzer
庶

庶 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
여러 서
Romanization
seo
English
numerous, various; multitude
Mandarin
shù
Japanese on'yomi
ショ
Japanese kun'yomi
こいねがう ちかい もろもろ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,558 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
广 (53, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5EB6

How 庶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 庶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 火.

Korean example words with 庶

  • 서모庶母 Korean gloss: 아버지의 첩
  • 서출庶出 Korean gloss: 첩이 낳은 자식
  • 서얼庶孼 Korean gloss: 서자 얼자를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 서정庶政 Korean gloss: 여러 방면에 걸친 정사(政事)
  • 서자庶子 Korean gloss: 양반과 양민 여성 사이에서 낳은 아들
  • 서손庶孫 Korean gloss: 서자의 아들. 또는 적자의 소실이 낳은 아들
  • 서인庶人 Korean gloss: 아무 벼슬이나 신분적 특권을 갖지 못한 일반 사람
  • 적서嫡庶 Korean gloss: 적자와 서자, 또는 적파와 서파를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 서민庶民 Korean gloss: 경제적으로 중류 이하의 넉넉지 못한 생활을 하는 사람
  • 서민층庶民層 Korean gloss: 서민에 속하는 계층
  • 서무병庶務兵 Korean gloss: 서무에 관한 일을 맡아보는 병사
  • 서민형庶民型 Korean gloss: 서민들에게 적합한 유형이나 형식

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

Japanese words with 庶

  • 庶民しょみん common people; ordinary people; masses
  • 庶務しょむ general affairs
  • 庶民的しょみんてき popular; folksy; plebeian
  • 庶子しょし illegitimate child
  • 凡庶ぼんしょ common people
  • 庶政しょせい political affairs; all phases of government
  • 庶幾しょき desire; hope
  • 庶出しょしゅつ illegitimate birth
  • 庶流しょりゅう illegitimate family lineage
  • 衆庶しゅうしょ the masses; common people
  • 士庶ししょ samurai and commoners; normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)
  • 庶人しょじん commoner; common people

Characters sharing the phonetic 庶

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

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 广

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