Hanja Analyzer
淑

淑 — suk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
맑을 숙
Romanization
suk
English
good, pure, virtuous, charming
Mandarin
shū
Japanese on'yomi
シュク
Japanese kun'yomi
しと.やか
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,922 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
叔
Unicode
U+6DD1

Parts that make up 淑

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 叔 아재비 숙sound 말뚝으로 땅을 파는 손‘숙·척’ 계열의 소리

How 淑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 叔.

Korean example words with 淑

  • 숙덕淑德 Korean gloss: 착하고 아름다운 덕행
  • 정숙貞淑 Korean gloss: 여자로서 행실이 곧고 마음씨가 맑고 고움
  • 숙녀淑女 Korean gloss: 교양과 예의와 품격을 갖춘, 행실이 곧고 마음씨가 고운 여자
  • 완숙하다婉淑 Korean gloss: 아름답고 정숙하다
  • 정숙하다靜淑 Korean gloss: 여자의 성품과 몸가짐이 조용하고 얌전하다
  • 숙녀화淑女靴 Korean gloss: 숙녀가 신도록 만든 신
  • 숙녀용淑女用 Korean gloss: 숙녀가 씀. 또는 그런 물건
  • 숙녀풍淑女風 Korean gloss: 우아하고 품위 있는 여성의 풍모나 느낌
  • 숙제淑弟 Korean gloss: 착한 아우.
  • 숙심淑心 Korean gloss: 선량한 마음.
  • 숙질淑質 Korean gloss: 선량한 성질.
  • 숙행淑行 Korean gloss: 정숙한 행실.

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

Japanese words with 淑

  • 淑女しゅくじょ lady; (female) pervert
  • 淑徳しゅくとく womanly virtues
  • 淑やかしとやか graceful; ladylike; modest
  • 私淑ししゅく looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing
  • 貞淑ていしゅく chastity; virtue; fidelity
  • 淑女風しゅくじょふう ladylike; in the manner of a lady
  • 淑景舎しげいしゃ court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
  • お淑やかおしとやか graceful; ladylike; modest
  • 紳士淑女しんししゅくじょ ladies and gentlemen
  • 淑徳大学しゅくとくだいがく Shukutoku University
  • 愛知淑徳大学あいちしゅくとくだいがく Aichi Shukutoku University
  • 淑徳大学短期大学部しゅくとくだいがくたんきだいがくぶ Shukutoku University Junior College

Characters sharing the phonetic 叔

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

Other hanja read “숙”

Other hanja with radical 水

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