Hanja Analyzer
朔

朔 — sak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
초하루 삭
Romanization
sak
English
first day of lunar month; the north
Mandarin
shuò
Japanese on'yomi
サク, ソク
Japanese kun'yomi
ついたち
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,318 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
月 (74, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+6714

Parts that make up 朔

  • 屰 거꾸로 선 사람거스르는 일. ‘역’ 계열의 소리
  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다

How 朔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 朔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 屰, 月.

Korean example words with 朔

  • 수삭數朔 Korean gloss: 몇 달
  • 일삭一朔 Korean gloss: 한 달
  • 삭북朔北 Korean gloss: 북쪽 지방
  • 매삭每朔 Korean gloss: 한 달 한 달
  • 일삭日朔 Korean gloss: 매달 첫째 날
  • 당삭當朔 Korean gloss: 아이를 낳을 달
  • 삭지朔地 Korean gloss: 북쪽에 있는 땅
  • 산삭産朔 Korean gloss: 아이를 낳을 달
  • 삭풍朔風 Korean gloss: 겨울철에 북쪽에서 불어오는 찬 바람
  • 삭방朔方 Korean gloss: 방향을 이를 때에, 북극을 가리키는 쪽
  • 반삭半朔 Korean gloss: 한 달의 반. 즉 보름 동안의 기간을 이른다
  • 삭료朔料 Korean gloss: 한 달을 단위로 하여 지급하는 급료. 또는 그런 방식

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

Japanese words with 朔

  • 朔さく new moon; first day of the lunar month; next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
  • 正朔せいさく beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar
  • 八朔はっさく Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
  • 朔風さくふう north wind
  • 朔望さくぼう first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon); syzygy
  • 晦朔かいさく last and first days of the month
  • 朔日さくじつ first day of the month (in the lunar calendar)
  • 朔望月さくぼうげつ synodic month
  • 朔望潮さくぼうちょう spring tide
  • 視告朔こうさく ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials
  • 初朔日はつついたち first day of the second month
  • 綿抜の朔日わたぬきのついたち 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

Characters sharing the phonetic 朔

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

Other hanja read “삭”

Other hanja with radical 月

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