璧
璧 — byeok
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 璧
How 璧 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 璧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辟, 玉.
Korean example words with 璧
- 반벽하다反璧 Korean gloss: 남이 선사한 물건을 받지 아니하고 되돌려 보내다. 벽옥(璧玉)을 되돌려 보낸다는 뜻에서 나온 말이다
- 완벽성完璧性 Korean gloss: 완벽한 성질이나 상태
- 완벽남完璧男 Korean gloss: 외모나 성격, 능력 따위가 어느 한 군데 흠잡을 곳이 없는 남자
- 완벽녀完璧女 Korean gloss: 외모나 성격, 능력 따위가 어느 한 군데 흠잡을 곳이 없는 여자
- 옥벽玉璧 Korean gloss: 둥그런 옥.
- 연벽連璧 Korean gloss: 한 쌍의 옥.
- 쌍벽雙璧 Korean gloss: 두 개의 구슬.
- 보벽寶璧 Korean gloss: 아름답고 귀한 구슬.
- 벽인璧人 Korean gloss: 옥같이 아름다운 사람.
- 벽수璧水 Korean gloss: 성균관이나 문묘에 있는 연못.
- 반벽返璧 Korean gloss: 남에게서 빌린 물건을 도로 돌려줌.
- 완벽주의完璧主義 Korean gloss: 결함이 없이 완전함을 추구하려는 태도
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 璧
- 完璧かんぺき perfect; complete; flawless
- 璧へき bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)
- 双璧そうへき (two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
- 圭璧けいへき ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China
- パー璧パーぺき perfect
- 完璧主義かんぺきしゅぎ perfectionism
- 双璧をなすそうへきをなす to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
- 完璧主義者かんぺきしゅぎしゃ perfectionist
Characters sharing the phonetic 辟
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 “벽” in Korean.
Other hanja read “벽”
Other hanja with radical 玉
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences