Hanja Analyzer
憔

憔 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
파리할 초
Romanization
cho
English
be worn-out, emaciated, haggard
Mandarin
qiáo
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
やつ.れる やせ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
嫶
Radical
心 (61, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
焦(초)
Unicode
U+6194

Parts that make up 憔

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 焦 탈[燥] 초sound 새를 불에 굽는 모양그을리다. ‘초’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 憔

  • 초초하다焦憔 Korean gloss: 애를 태우며 근심하다
  • 초용憔容 Korean gloss: 말라빠진 모습.
  • 초쇠憔衰 Korean gloss: ‘초쇠하다’의 어근.
  • 초졸憔猝 Korean gloss: ‘초졸하다’의 어근.

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

Japanese words with 憔

  • 憔悴しょうすい haggardness; emaciation; wasting away

Characters sharing the phonetic 焦

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 “초” in Korean.

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 心

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