Hanja Analyzer
淒

淒 — cheo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쓸쓸할 처
Romanization
cheo
English
bitter cold, miserable, dreary
Mandarin
qī
Japanese on'yomi
シ, セイ, サイ, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
すご.む さむ.い すご.い すさ.まじい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Variant forms
凄
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
妻(처)
Unicode
U+6DD2

Parts that make up 淒

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 妻 아내 처sound 여자의 머리를 잡은 손아내

Characters sharing the phonetic 妻

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 “처” in Korean.

Other hanja read “처”

Other hanja with radical 水

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