Hanja Analyzer
梏

梏 — gok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
수갑 곡
Romanization
gok
English
handcuffs, manacles, fetters
Mandarin
gù
Japanese on'yomi
コク, キョク, カク
Japanese kun'yomi
てかせ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
木 (75, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
吿
Unicode
U+688F

Parts that make up 梏

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 告 고할 고, 청할 곡 입에서 내민 혀 또는 북과 입알리는 일. ‘고·곡’ 계열의 소리

How 梏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 梏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 告.

Korean example words with 梏

  • 질곡桎梏 Korean gloss: 몹시 속박하여 자유를 가질 수 없는 고통의 상태를 비유적으로 이르는 말

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

Japanese words with 梏

  • 桎梏しっこく bonds; fetters
  • 梏桎こくしつ fetters; bonds

Characters sharing the phonetic 吿

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

晧 浩 牿 皓 誥 造 郜 靠 鵠

Other hanja read “곡”

哭 嚳 斛 曲 榖 槲 牿 穀 縠 觳 谷 轂 鵠

Other hanja with radical 木

木 朩 未 末 本 札 朮 术 朱 朳 朴 朵 朶 机 朽 杅 杆 杇 杉 杋 杌 李 杏 材 村 杓 杕 杖 杜 杝 杞 束 杠 条 杪 杬 杭 杮 杯 杰 東 杲 杳 杵 杶 杷 杻 杼 松 板 枇 枉 枋 枌 枏 析 枓 枕 林 枘

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