Hanja Analyzer
措

措 — jo, chaek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
둘[置] 조, 둘 책
Romanization
jo, chaek
English
place; collect, arrange; employ
Mandarin
cuò
Japanese on'yomi
ソ, サク, シャク, セキ
Japanese kun'yomi
お.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#818 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
昔
Unicode
U+63AA

Parts that make up 措

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 昔 예[古] 석, 옛 착sound 여러 날이 겹쳐 쌓인 모양옛날. ‘석·작·차’ 계열의 소리

How 措 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 措 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 昔.

Korean example words with 措

  • 거조擧措 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 꾸미거나 처리하기 위한 조치
  • 조처하다措處 Korean gloss: 제기된 문제나 일을 잘 정돈하여 처리하다
  • 조치하다措置 Korean gloss: 벌어지는 사태를 잘 살펴서 필요한 대책을 세워 행하다
  • 궁조대窮措大 Korean gloss: 곤궁한 선비
  • 무조치無措置 Korean gloss: 아무 조치가 없음
  • 조치법措置法 Korean gloss: 어떤 일에 필요한 대책을 세워 행하도록 만든 법
  • 조수족措手足 Korean gloss: 자기 힘으로 겨우 살아갈 만함을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 재조치再措置 Korean gloss: 벌어지는 사태를 잘 살펴서 필요한 대책을 다시 세워 행함. 또는 그 대책
  • 실조失措 Korean gloss: 처리를 잘못함.
  • 조판措辦 Korean gloss: 조처하여 마무리 지음.
  • 별반조처別般措處 Korean gloss: 특별히 다르게 하는 조처
  • 별반거조別般擧措 Korean gloss: 특별히 다르게 취하는 조치

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

Japanese words with 措

  • 措置そち measure; step; action
  • 挙措きょそ behavior; behaviour; manner
  • 措辞そじ wording; phraseology; diction
  • 措定そてい assumption; supposition
  • 措くおく to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
  • 特措とくそ special measure; special measures
  • 措いておいて except; no other
  • 窮措大きゅうそだい poor student (scholar)
  • 措辞法そじほう syntax
  • 特措法とくそほう special measures law
  • 報復措置ほうふくそち reprisals; retaliatory measures
  • 予算措置よさんそち budgetary provision

Characters sharing the phonetic 昔

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

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 手

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