Hanja Analyzer
珥

珥 — i

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
귀고리 이
Romanization
i
English
ear ornament; stick, insert
Mandarin
ěr
Japanese on'yomi
ジ, ニョウ, ジョウ, ニ
Japanese kun'yomi
みみだま
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
玉 (96, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
耳
Unicode
U+73E5

Parts that make up 珥

  • 王 구슬 옥variant of 玉 실에 꿴 옥 세 조각옥과 아름다운 돌. 왼쪽에서 王 처럼 쓴다
  • 耳 귀 이sound 귀귀와 듣는 일

How 珥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 珥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 玉, 耳.

Korean example words with 珥

  • 옥이玉珥 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 귀고리.
  • 일이日珥 Korean gloss: 태양의 가에 일어나는 붉은 구름 기운. 귀고리같이 생겼다고 하여 관이(冠珥)라고도 하였으며, 예전에는 길한 조짐으로 여겼다.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 耳

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

Other hanja read “이”

Other hanja with radical 玉

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