Hanja Analyzer
旭

旭 — uk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아침해 욱
Romanization
uk
English
rising sun; brilliance; radiant
Mandarin
xù
Japanese on'yomi
キョク, ケン, コウ, カン, キュウ, ク, コク
Japanese kun'yomi
あさひ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,417 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
日 (72, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
九
Unicode
U+65ED

Parts that make up 旭

  • 九 아홉 구, 모을 규sound 굽혔다 편 팔아홉. ‘구’ 계열의 소리
  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때

How 旭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 旭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 九, 日.

Korean example words with 旭

  • 욱일旭日 Korean gloss: 아침에 떠오르는 밝은 해
  • 조욱朝旭 Korean gloss: 아침의 태양.
  • 욱광旭光 Korean gloss: 솟아오르는 아침 햇빛.
  • 욱휘旭暉 Korean gloss: 솟아오르는 아침 햇빛.
  • 욱일승천旭日昇天 Korean gloss: 아침 해가 하늘에 떠오름. 또는 그런 기세
  • 욱일방승旭日方昇 Korean gloss: 아침 해가 바야흐로 떠오른다는 뜻으로, 기세가 내뻗기 시작함을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 장욱張旭 Korean gloss: 중국 당나라의 서예가(?~?). 자는 백고(伯高). 초서에 뛰어나 초성(草聖)이라 일컬어졌는데, 왕희지의 권위를 인정하지 않아

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

Japanese words with 旭

  • 旭日きょくじつ rising sun
  • 旭あさひ McIntosh (apple); McIntosh red
  • 旭旗きょっき rising sun flag
  • 旭光きょっこう rays of the rising sun
  • 旭暉きょっき rays of the rising sun
  • 旭蟹あさひがに red frog crab (Ranina ranina)
  • 旭日章きょくじつしょう Order of the Rising Sun
  • 旭日旗きょくじつき Rising Sun flag; naval ensign of Japan
  • 旭硝子あさひがらす Asahi Glass
  • 旭化成あさひかせい Asahi Kasei
  • 旭日昇天きょくじつしょうてん full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun); in the ascendant
  • 旭テックあさひテック Asahi Tec Corporation

Characters sharing the phonetic 九

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

Other hanja read “욱”

Other hanja with radical 日

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