Hanja Analyzer
瑞

瑞 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
상서 서
Romanization
seo
English
felicitous omen; auspicious
Mandarin
ruì
Japanese on'yomi
スイ, ズイ
Japanese kun'yomi
みず- しるし
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,873 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
玉 (96, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
耑
Unicode
U+745E

Parts that make up 瑞

  • 王 구슬 옥variant of 玉 실에 꿴 옥 세 조각옥과 아름다운 돌. 왼쪽에서 王 처럼 쓴다
  • 耑 시초 단sound 뿌리와 싹이 갈라진 모양‘단·천·서’ 계열의 소리

How 瑞 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 瑞 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 玉, 耑.

Korean example words with 瑞

  • 서몽瑞夢 Korean gloss: 상서로운 꿈
  • 서설瑞雪 Korean gloss: 상서로운 눈
  • 서기瑞氣 Korean gloss: 상서로운 기운
  • 영서靈瑞 Korean gloss: 신령스럽고 상서로운 조짐
  • 상서스럽다祥瑞 Korean gloss: 복되고 길한 일이 일어날 조짐이 있다
  • 기서奇瑞 Korean gloss: 좋은 징조.
  • 서광瑞光 Korean gloss: 상서로운 빛.
  • 서색瑞色 Korean gloss: 상서로운 빛.
  • 부서符瑞 Korean gloss: 상서로운 조짐.
  • 서상瑞相 Korean gloss: 상서로운 조짐.
  • 서세瑞世 Korean gloss: 상서로운 세상.
  • 서옥瑞玉 Korean gloss: 상서로운 구슬.

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

Japanese words with 瑞

  • 瑞宝章ずいほうしょう Orders of the Sacred Treasure
  • 瑞々しいみずみずしい fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant
  • 瑞ずい Sweden; Switzerland
  • 瑞西スイス Switzerland
  • 瑞典スウェーデン Sweden
  • 奇瑞きずい auspicious (good) omen
  • 瑞気ずいき good omen
  • 瑞兆ずいちょう auspicious sign; good omen
  • 瑞祥ずいしょう auspicious sign; good omen
  • 瑞雲ずいうん auspicious clouds
  • 瑞鳥ずいちょう auspicious bird (e.g. crane, Chinese phoenix, Vermilion Bird)
  • 瑞獣ずいじゅう auspicious beast (in Chinese mythology, e.g. the qilin)

Characters sharing the phonetic 耑

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

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 玉

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