Hanja Analyzer
忌

忌 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꺼릴 기
Romanization
gi
English
jealous, envious; fear
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ
Japanese kun'yomi
い.む い.み い.まわしい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,882 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
心 (61, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
己
Unicode
U+5FCC

Parts that make up 忌

  • 己 몸 기sound 굽어 감긴 끈자기 자신. ‘기’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 忌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 忌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 己, 心.

Korean example words with 忌

  • 친기親忌 Korean gloss: 부모의 제사
  • 부기父忌 Korean gloss: 아버지의 죽음
  • 속기俗忌 Korean gloss: 민간에서 꺼리는 일
  • 기일忌日 Korean gloss: 불길하다 하여 꺼리는 날
  • 구기拘忌 Korean gloss: 좋지 않게 여기어 피하거나 꺼림
  • 시기猜忌 Korean gloss: 남이 잘되는 것을 샘하여 미워함
  • 원기怨忌 Korean gloss: 원망하고 미워함. 또는 그런 마음
  • 기탄忌憚 Korean gloss: 어렵고 불편하게 여겨 감추거나 피함
  • 기제忌祭 Korean gloss: 해마다 사람이 죽은 날에 지내는 제사
  • 대기大忌 Korean gloss: 몹시 꺼리거나 싫어함. 또는 그런 대상
  • 기고忌故 Korean gloss: 해마다 사람이 죽은 날에 제사를 지내는 일. 또는 그날
  • 증기하다憎忌 Korean gloss: 미워하고 꺼리다

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

Japanese words with 忌

  • 回忌かいき death anniversary; anniversary of a person's death
  • 忌避きひ evasion; avoidance; shirking
  • 一周忌いっしゅうき first anniversary of a person's death
  • 禁忌きんき taboo; contraindication
  • 七回忌しちかいき sixth anniversary of a death
  • 三回忌さんかいき second anniversary of a death
  • 忌まわしいいまわしい abhorrent; abominable; detestable
  • 忌き mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
  • 忌みいみ mourning; abstinence; taboo
  • 忌むいむ to avoid; to refrain from; to shun
  • 忌中きちゅう mourning period; (in) mourning
  • 忌日きにち anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed

Characters sharing the phonetic 己

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

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 心

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