Hanja Analyzer
爍

爍 — sak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛날 삭
Romanization
sak
English
shine, glitter, sparkle
Mandarin
shuò
Japanese on'yomi
シャク, ラク, ヤク
Japanese kun'yomi
とか.す ひか.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
火 (86, 15 residual)
Phonetic component
樂
Unicode
U+720D

Parts that make up 爍

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 樂 즐길 락, 노래 악, 좋아할 요sound 나무 받침에 얹은 악기풍류와 즐거움. ‘악·락·요’ 세 소리를 갖는다

How 爍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 爍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 樂.

Characters sharing the phonetic 樂

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

Other hanja read “삭”

Other hanja with radical 火

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