淅

淅 — seok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 쌀일 석
Romanization: seok
English: water used wash rice; to wash rice
Mandarin: xī
Japanese on'yomi: セキ, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi: とぐ
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 11
Radical: 水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component: 析(석)
Unicode: U+6DC5

Parts that make up 淅

氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
析 쪼갤 석sound 나무를 도끼로 쪼개는 모양쪼개다. ‘석’ 계열의 소리

How 淅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 析.

Korean example words with 淅

석력淅瀝 Korean gloss: 비나 눈이 내리는 소리.
석연淅然 Korean gloss: 찬물을 뒤집어쓴 것처럼 오싹오싹 추워서 떠는 증상.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 析

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 “석” in Korean.

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Other hanja with radical 水

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