Hanja Analyzer
渣

渣 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찌끼 사
Romanization
sa
English
refuse, dregs, lees, sediment
Mandarin
zhā
Japanese on'yomi
サ, シャ, ジャ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
水 (85, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
查(사)
Unicode
U+6E23

Parts that make up 渣

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 査 조사할 사

How 渣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 渣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 查.

Korean example words with 渣

  • 잔사殘渣 Korean gloss: 쓰고 남은 찌꺼기
  • 사재渣滓 Korean gloss: 가라앉은 찌꺼기.
  • 침사沈渣 Korean gloss: 물에 섞인 찌꺼기가 가라앉음.
  • 사재니渣滓泥 Korean gloss: 물에 가라앉힌 고운 흙.
  • 침사물沈渣物 Korean gloss: 물 아래에 가라앉은 찌꺼기.
  • 불용잔사不溶殘渣 Korean gloss: 일정 농도의 묽은 염산에 용해되지 않는 시멘트나 골재 성분.
  • 식물잔사植物殘渣 Korean gloss: 미생물 또는 세균의 분해 작용에 의하여 분해되며 미생물과 세균의 발생원이 되는 식물의 유체.

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

Japanese words with 渣

  • 沈渣ちんさ sediment; hypostatis; sludge
  • 残渣ざんさ dregs; sediment; residue
  • 尿沈渣にょうちんさ urinary sediment (e.g. in urinalysis)

Characters sharing the phonetic 查

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 “사” in Korean.

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 水

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences