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獪

獪 — hoe, kwae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
교활할 회, 교활할 쾌
Romanization
hoe, kwae
English
sly, cunning, crafty
Mandarin
kuài
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ, カツ, ゲチ
Japanese kun'yomi
わるがしこ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
犬 (94, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
會
Unicode
U+736A

Parts that make up 獪

  • ⺨ 개 견variant of 犬 옆에서 본 개개와 짐승. 왼쪽에서 ⺨ 로 쓴다
  • 會 모일 회, 그림 괴sound 뚜껑과 그릇이 맞물린 모양모임. ‘회·괴’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 獪

  • 노회하다老獪 Korean gloss: 경험이 많고 교활하다
  • 회활하다獪猾 Korean gloss: 간악하고 교활하다.
  • 교쾌狡獪 Korean gloss: ‘교쾌하다’의 어근.

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

Japanese words with 獪

  • 老獪ろうかい cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty
  • 狡猾老獪こうかつろうかい sly and crafty

Characters sharing the phonetic 會

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

Other hanja read “회”

Other hanja with radical 犬

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