Hanja Analyzer
瘠

瘠 — cheok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
여윌 척
Romanization
cheok
English
thin, emaciated; barren
Mandarin
jí
Japanese on'yomi
セキ, ジャク
Japanese kun'yomi
やせ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
疒 (104, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
脊(척)
Unicode
U+7620

Parts that make up 瘠

  • 疒 병상에 기댄 사람병과 아픔
  • 脊 등마루 척sound

How 瘠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 瘠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 疒, 脊.

Korean example words with 瘠

  • 옥척沃瘠 Korean gloss: 기름진 땅과 메마른 땅을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 수척하다瘦瘠 Korean gloss: 몸이 몹시 야위고 마른 듯하다
  • 척박하다瘠薄 Korean gloss: 땅이 기름지지 못하고 몹시 메마르다
  • 척답瘠畓 Korean gloss: 메마른 논.
  • 척지瘠地 Korean gloss: 메마른 땅.
  • 척토瘠土 Korean gloss: 메마른 땅.
  • 비척肥瘠 Korean gloss: 몸의 살찜과 여윔.
  • 척색瘠色 Korean gloss: 여위고 파리한 낯빛.
  • 척골瘠骨 Korean gloss: 너무 슬퍼하여 몸이 바짝 마르고 뼈가 앙상하게 드러남.
  • 척루脊瘠 Korean gloss: 과도하게 여윈 상태. 주로 신체의 기력이 과도하게 소모되었을 때 나타난다.
  • 토척하다土瘠 Korean gloss: 땅 따위가 메마르다.
  • 황척하다荒瘠 Korean gloss: 땅이 거칠고 메마르다.

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

Japanese words with 瘠

  • 瘠地せきち barren land; arid soil

Characters sharing the phonetic 脊

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 “척” in Korean.

蹐

Other hanja read “척”

Other hanja with radical 疒

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