Hanja Analyzer
洩

洩 — seol, ye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
샐 설, 퍼질 예
Romanization
seol, ye
English
leak, drip; vent or release
Mandarin
xiè
Japanese on'yomi
エイ, セツ, セチ
Japanese kun'yomi
も.らす の.びる も.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
水 (85, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
曳(예)
Unicode
U+6D29

Parts that make up 洩

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 曳 끌 예sound

How 洩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 洩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 曳.

Korean example words with 洩

  • 누설하다漏洩 Korean gloss: 비밀이 새어 나가다. 또는 그렇게 하다
  • 설루洩漏 Korean gloss: 비밀이 새어 나감. 또는 그렇게 함.
  • 노설하다露洩 Korean gloss: 비밀이 새어 나가다. 또는 그렇게 하다.
  • 천기누설天機漏洩 Korean gloss: 중대한 기밀이 새어 나감을 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 洩

  • 漏洩ろうえい leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging
  • 秘密漏洩ひみつろうえい leaking of a secret; leakage of a secret
  • 漏洩電流ろうえいでんりゅう leakage current
  • 軍機漏洩ぐんきろうえい disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
  • 葉洩れ日はもれび sunlight sifting through the tree leaves
  • 機密漏洩きみつろうえい leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
  • 情報漏洩じょうほうろうえい information leak; data breach
  • 秘密漏洩罪ひみつろうえいざい (crime of) revealing state secrets; charge of revealing national security information

Characters sharing the phonetic 曳

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 “예” in Korean.

Other hanja read “설”

Other hanja with radical 水

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