Hanja Analyzer
悄

悄 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
근심할 초
Romanization
cho
English
silent, quiet, still; anxious
Mandarin
qiāo
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
うれ.える
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
心 (61, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
肖
Unicode
U+6084

Parts that make up 悄

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 肖 닮을/같을 초, 쇠약할 소sound 작게 저민 고기로 보나 설이 갈린다‘초·소’ 계열의 소리

How 悄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 悄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 肖.

Japanese words with 悄

  • 悄然しょうぜん dejected; dispirited; crestfallen
  • 悄愴しょうそう sad and lamenting; lonely
  • 悄悄すごすご dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
  • 悄気るしょげる to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened
  • 孤影悄然こえいしょうぜん alone and dejected; lonely and downhearted; lonely and crestfallen

Characters sharing the phonetic 肖

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

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 心

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