Hanja Analyzer
畏

畏 — oe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
두려워할 외
Romanization
oe
English
fear, dread, awe, reverence
Mandarin
wèi
Japanese on'yomi
イ, ワイ, エ
Japanese kun'yomi
おそ.れる かしこま.る かしこ かしこ.し
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,389 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
田 (102, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+754F

How 畏 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 畏 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 卜, 鬼.

Korean example words with 畏

  • 가외可畏 Korean gloss: 두려워할 만함
  • 외우畏友 Korean gloss: 두려워하며 존경하는 벗
  • 외포하다畏怖 Korean gloss: 몹시 두려워하다
  • 기외하다忌畏 Korean gloss: 꺼리고 두려워하다
  • 경외하다敬畏 Korean gloss: 공경하면서 두려워하다
  • 외경하다畏敬 Korean gloss: 공경하면서 두려워하다
  • 외축하다畏縮 Korean gloss: 두려워서 몸을 움츠리다
  • 경외감敬畏感 Korean gloss: 공경하면서 두려워하는 감정
  • 경외시敬畏視 Korean gloss: 공경하면서 두려워하는 대상으로 여김
  • 경외심敬畏心 Korean gloss: 신이나 어떤 대상을 두려워하며 우러러 보는 마음
  • 외경심畏敬心 Korean gloss: 신이나 어떤 대상을 두려워하며 우러러 보는 마음
  • 외국畏國 Korean gloss: 두려운 나라.

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

Japanese words with 畏

  • 畏敬いけい reverence; awe; respect
  • 畏怖いふ awe; fear; dread
  • 畏まりましたかしこまりました certainly!; very well; with pleasure
  • 畏かしこ yours sincerely; respectfully yours
  • 畏縮いしゅく wincing; cowering; shrinking
  • 畏服いふく awe
  • 畏友いゆう one's esteemed friend
  • 畏懼いく reverence; awe; fear
  • 敬畏けいい awe; reverence; fear (e.g. of authority)
  • 無畏むい fearlessness; confidence when preaching
  • 畏まるかしこまる to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
  • 畏くもかしこくも graciously

Characters sharing the phonetic 畏

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 “외” in Korean.

Other hanja read “외”

Other hanja with radical 田

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