Hanja Analyzer
截

截 — jeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
끊을 절
Romanization
jeol
English
cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect
Mandarin
jié
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, ゼチ
Japanese kun'yomi
き.る た.つ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
戈 (62, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+622A

How 截 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 截 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 雀, 戈.

Korean example words with 截

  • 절취하다截取 Korean gloss: 잘라 내다
  • 준절하다峻截 Korean gloss: 매우 위엄이 있고 정중하다
  • 쌍절곤雙截棍 Korean gloss: 두 개의 막대를 사슬로 연결한 무술용 기구
  • 절취선截取線 Korean gloss: 문서나 고지서 따위에 자를 수 있게 나타낸 선
  • 절권도截拳道 Korean gloss: 이소룡(李小龍)이 창시한 무술. 무술의 일종인 영춘권, 홍가권, 공력권, 한국의 태권도 따위를 차용하여 만들었다
  • 절각截角 Korean gloss: 뿔을 자름.
  • 절각截脚 Korean gloss: 다리를 자름.
  • 전절剪截 Korean gloss: 가위로 잘라 버림.
  • 절두截頭 Korean gloss: 머리 부분을 자름.
  • 횡절橫截 Korean gloss: 가로 자르거나 끊음.
  • 절축截軸 Korean gloss: 원뿔의 초점을 통과하는 축.
  • 직절直截 Korean gloss: 거추장스럽지 아니하고 간략함.

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

Japanese words with 截

  • 直截ちょくせつ direct; frank; straightforward
  • 截然せつぜん clear; sharp; distinct
  • 截るきる to cut (e.g. cloth)
  • 截枝せっし pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
  • 截頭せっとう cutting off the head; shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant
  • 断截だんせつ cutting; cutting off; severing
  • 截断さいだん cutting; severance; section
  • 截拳道ジークンドー Jeet Kune Do (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)
  • 直截的ちょくせつてき straightforward; blunt; outspoken
  • 直截簡明ちょくせつかんめい plain and simple; straightforward
  • 簡明直截かんめいちょくせつ simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward
  • 前頭葉白質切截術ぜんとうようはくしつせっせつじゅつ lobotomy; leucotomy; frontal lobotomy

Other hanja read “절”

Other hanja with radical 戈

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