Hanja Analyzer
櫟

櫟 — ryeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
떡갈나무 력
Romanization
ryeok
English
chestnut-leaved oak; oak
Mandarin
lì
Japanese on'yomi
レキ, ロウ, ヤク, リャク, ラク, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
くぬぎ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
木 (75, 15 residual)
Phonetic component
樂
Unicode
U+6ADF

Parts that make up 櫟

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 樂 즐길 락, 노래 악, 좋아할 요sound 나무 받침에 얹은 악기풍류와 즐거움. ‘악·락·요’ 세 소리를 갖는다

How 櫟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 櫟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 樂.

Japanese words with 櫟

  • 櫟クヌギ sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

Characters sharing the phonetic 樂

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

Other hanja read “력”

Other hanja with radical 木

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