Hanja Analyzer
狽

狽 — pae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이리 패
Romanization
pae
English
a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf
Mandarin
bèi
Japanese on'yomi
バイ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
犬 (94, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+72FD

Parts that make up 狽

  • ⺨ 개 견variant of 犬 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 狽 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 狽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 犬, 貝.

Korean example words with 狽

  • 낭패하다狼狽 Korean gloss: 계획한 일이 실패로 돌아가거나 기대에 어긋나 매우 딱하게 되다
  • 임시낭패하다臨時狼狽 Korean gloss: 다 잘된 일이 그때에 이르러 틀어지다
  • 낭패성狼狽性 Korean gloss: 계획한 일이 실패하거나 잘못될 성질.
  • 낭패감狼狽感 Korean gloss: 계획한 일이 실패로 돌아가거나 기대에 어긋났다는 느낌.
  • 도처낭패到處狼狽 Korean gloss: 하는 일마다 실패함.
  • 전돈낭패顚頓狼狽 Korean gloss: 엎어지고 자빠지며 갈팡질팡함.
  • 낭패스레狼狽스레 Korean gloss: 계획한 일이 실패하거나 잘못될 듯한 상태로.

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

Japanese words with 狽

  • 狼狽ろうばい confusion; dismay; consternation
  • 狼狽えるうろたえる to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
  • 周章狼狽しゅうしょうろうばい consternation; falling into a panic; fluster
  • 狼狽気味ろうばいぎみ being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
  • 狼狽売りろうばいうり panic selling

Other hanja read “패”

Other hanja with radical 犬

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