Hanja Analyzer
猥

猥 — oe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
외람할 외
Romanization
oe
English
vulgar, low, cheap; wanton; obscene
Mandarin
wěi
Japanese on'yomi
ワイ, エ
Japanese kun'yomi
みだ.ら みだり.に
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
犬 (94, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
畏(외)
Unicode
U+7325

Parts that make up 猥

  • ⺨ 개 견variant of 犬 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다
  • 畏 두려워할 외sound

How 猥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 猥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 犬, 畏.

Korean example words with 猥

  • 음외하다淫猥 Korean gloss: 음란하고 방탕하다
  • 외람하다猥濫 Korean gloss: 하는 행동이나 생각이 분수에 지나치다
  • 외설스럽다猥褻 Korean gloss: 보기에 사람의 성욕을 함부로 자극하여 난잡한 데가 있다
  • 외서猥書 Korean gloss: 음란한 내용의 책.
  • 외문猥文 Korean gloss: 상스러운 글이나 책.
  • 외어猥語 Korean gloss: 추잡하고 음란한 말.
  • 외언猥言 Korean gloss: 추잡하고 음탕한 말.
  • 외예猥穢 Korean gloss: 더러운 일이나 물건.
  • 외설적猥褻的 Korean gloss: 사람의 성욕을 노골적으로 드러내거나 자극하는. 또는 그런 것
  • 외월猥越 Korean gloss: ‘외월하다’의 어근.
  • 외잡猥雜 Korean gloss: ‘외잡하다’의 어근.
  • 외람히猥濫히 Korean gloss: 하는 행동이나 생각이 분수에 지나치게

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

Japanese words with 猥

  • 卑猥ひわい indecent; obscene
  • 猥雑わいざつ vulgar; indecent; crude
  • 猥談わいだん indecent talk; obscene talk; lewd conversation
  • 猥本わいほん pornography; obscene book
  • 猥褻わいせつ obscene; indecent; dirty
  • 淫猥いんわい obscenity; obscene
  • 猥言わいげん dirty word
  • 猥語わいご dirty word
  • 猥歌わいか bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song

Characters sharing the phonetic 畏

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 “외” in Korean.

Other hanja read “외”

Other hanja with radical 犬

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