Hanja Analyzer
柄

柄 — byeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
자루 병
Romanization
byeong
English
handle, lever, knob; authority
Mandarin
bǐng
Japanese on'yomi
ヘイ, ヒョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
がら え つか
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,140 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
木 (75, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
丙(병)
Unicode
U+67C4

Parts that make up 柄

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 丙 남녘 병sound 어깨 또는 물고기 꼬리 또는 받침대셋째 천간. ‘병’ 계열의 소리

How 柄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 柄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 丙.

Korean example words with 柄

  • 신병身柄 Korean gloss: 보호나 구금의 대상이 되는 본인의 몸
  • 권병權柄 Korean gloss: 권력으로 사람을 마음대로 좌우할 수 있는 힘. 또는 그런 지위나 신분
  • 장병겸長柄鎌 Korean gloss: 긴 자루가 달린, 낫 모양의 무기. 상대편의 배를 걸어 잡아당기거나 멀리 떨어져 있는 적의 목을 벨 때 쓰였다
  • 대병大柄 Korean gloss: 큰 권력.
  • 과병果柄 Korean gloss: 열매의 꼭지.
  • 조병朝柄 Korean gloss: 조정의 권력.
  • 무병無柄 Korean gloss: 잎자루가 없음.
  • 유병有柄 Korean gloss: 병부(柄部)가 있음.
  • 재병宰柄 Korean gloss: 재상(宰相)의 권력.
  • 국병國柄 Korean gloss: 나라를 통치하는 권력.
  • 형병刑柄 Korean gloss: 사람을 단죄하는 권력.
  • 화병花柄 Korean gloss: 꽃이 달리는 짧은 가지.

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

Japanese words with 柄

  • 銘柄めいがら brand; make; description
  • 柄がら pattern; design; body build
  • 人柄ひとがら personality; character; personal appearance
  • 身柄みがら one's person
  • 小柄こがら small build; small stature; petite
  • 事柄ことがら matter; thing; affair
  • 図柄ずがら design; pattern
  • 役柄やくがら role; duty; position
  • 土地柄とちがら nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour
  • 作柄さくがら crop (conditions); harvest; yield
  • 国柄くにがら national character; regional character
  • 絵柄えがら pattern; design

Characters sharing the phonetic 丙

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 “병” in Korean.

Other hanja read “병”

Other hanja with radical 木

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences