Hanja Analyzer
獗

獗 — gwol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
날뛸 궐
Romanization
gwol
English
unruly, wild, violent, lawless
Mandarin
jué
Japanese on'yomi
ケツ, カチ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
犬 (94, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
厥
Unicode
U+7357

Parts that make up 獗

  • ⺨ 개 견variant of 犬 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다
  • 厥 그[其] 궐, 나라이름 굴sound 벼랑 아래 굽힌 사람그것. ‘궐’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 獗

  • 창궐猖獗 Korean gloss: 못된 세력이나 전염병 따위가 세차게 일어나 걷잡을 수 없이 퍼짐
  • 창궐기猖獗期 Korean gloss: 못된 세력이나 전염병 따위가 세차게 일어나 걷잡을 수 없이 퍼지는 시기

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

Japanese words with 獗

  • 猖獗しょうけつ spreading; infesting; running rampant
  • 猖獗を極めるしょうけつをきわめる to become rampant; to be rife

Characters sharing the phonetic 厥

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

Other hanja read “궐”

Other hanja with radical 犬

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