Hanja Analyzer
擘

擘 — byeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
엄지손가락 벽
Romanization
byeok
English
thumb; break, tear open, rip
Mandarin
bò
Japanese on'yomi
ハク, ヘキ, ビャク, ヒャク
Japanese kun'yomi
さ.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
手 (64, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
辟(벽)
Unicode
U+64D8

Parts that make up 擘

  • 辟 물리칠 벽, 피할 피sound 법을 집행하는 모습‘벽·피·비’ 계열의 소리
  • 手 손 수 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작

How 擘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 擘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辟, 手.

Korean example words with 擘

  • 벽지擘指 Korean gloss: 다섯 손가락 가운데 첫째 손가락. 가장 짧고 굵다.
  • 거벽巨擘 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 과거 시험의 답안지 내용을 전문적으로 대신 지어 주던 사람.
  • 웅문거벽雄文巨擘 Korean gloss: 생각이 깊고 기개가 뛰어나게 글을 잘 짓는 사람.
  • 웅천거벽熊川巨擘 Korean gloss: 유생으로서 명성은 있으나 글을 짓는 솜씨가 없는 사람을 놀림조로 이르는 말.
  • 거벽스레巨擘스레 Korean gloss: 보기에 사람됨이 억척스럽고 묵직한 데가 있게.

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

Japanese words with 擘

  • 巨擘きょはく authority; big-shot; star

Characters sharing the phonetic 辟

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 “벽” in Korean.

Other hanja read “벽”

Other hanja with radical 手

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