Hanja Analyzer
潰

潰 — gwe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무너질 궤
Romanization
gwe
English
flooding river; militarily defeat
Mandarin
kuì
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, エ, ゴチ, コツ
Japanese kun'yomi
つぶ.す つぶ.れる つい.える
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
15
Radical
水 (85, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
貴
Unicode
U+6F70

Parts that make up 潰

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 貴 귀할 귀sound 두 손으로 받쳐 든 재물귀하다. ‘궤·귀’ 계열의 소리

How 潰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 潰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 貴.

Korean example words with 潰

  • 궤란潰亂 Korean gloss: 싸움에 패하여 흩어져 도망침
  • 궤멸潰滅 Korean gloss: 조직이나 집단이 완전히 무너져 없어짐. 또는 그렇게 만듦
  • 궤양성潰瘍性 Korean gloss: 헐어서 짓무르는 성질
  • 위궤양胃潰瘍 Korean gloss: 위 점막에 궤양이 생기는 병. 명치 부위에 통증이 있고, 심하면 구토나 하혈을 일으킨다. 위의 점막 세포가 활동력을 상실하여
  • 궤패潰敗 Korean gloss: 무너져 패함.
  • 궤맹潰盟 Korean gloss: 맹세를 저버림.
  • 궤열潰裂 Korean gloss: 무너지고 갈라짐.
  • 붕궤崩潰 Korean gloss: 무너지고 깨어짐.
  • 농궤膿潰 Korean gloss: 종기가 곪아 터짐.
  • 누궤漏潰 Korean gloss: 물이 새어 둑이 무너짐.
  • 궤주潰走 Korean gloss: 싸움 따위에 져서 흩어져 달아남.
  • 궤병潰兵 Korean gloss: 싸움에 져서 흩어져 달아나는 병사.

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

Japanese words with 潰

  • 潰瘍かいよう ulcer
  • 胃潰瘍いかいよう stomach ulcer; gastric ulcer
  • 潰すつぶす to smash; to crush; to flatten
  • 潰れるつぶれる to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed
  • 顔を潰すかおをつぶす to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
  • 潰走かいそう rout; stampede
  • 擂潰らいかい grinding
  • 潰れつぶれ collapse; ruin; destruction
  • 半潰れはんつぶれ half demolished
  • 鼻潰れはなつぶれ flat nose; flat-nose person
  • 虱潰ししらみつぶし very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search
  • 潰し値つぶしね scrap value

Characters sharing the phonetic 貴

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

Other hanja read “궤”

Other hanja with radical 水

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