矮

矮 — wae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 난쟁이 왜
Romanization: wae
English: short, dwarf; low
Mandarin: ǎi
Japanese on'yomi: ワイ, アイ, ア
Japanese kun'yomi: ひく.い
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 13
Radical: 矢 (111, 8 residual)
Phonetic component: 委(위)
Unicode: U+77EE

Parts that make up 矮

矢 화살 시 촉과 깃을 갖춘 화살화살과 곧게 나아가는 일
委 맡길 위sound 고개 숙인 벼와 여자맡김. ‘위’ 계열의 소리

How 矮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 矮 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 矢, 委.

Korean example words with 矮

왜구矮軀 Korean gloss: 키가 작은 체구
왜송矮松 Korean gloss: 가지가 많아 다보록한 어린 솔
왜인矮人 Korean gloss: 기형적으로 키가 작은 사람을 낮잡아 이르는 말
왜성矮性 Korean gloss: 생물의 크기가 그 종(種)의 표준 크기에 비하여 작게 자라는 특성. 또는 그런 특성을 가진 품종
왜소하다矮小 Korean gloss: 몸뚱이가 작고 초라하다
왜루하다矮陋 Korean gloss: 집 따위가 낮고 초라하다
왜곡하다矮曲 Korean gloss: 아주 볼품없이 작달막하고 굽다
왜화矮花 Korean gloss: 작은 꽃.
왜단矮短 Korean gloss: 키가 작음.
왜수矮樹 Korean gloss: 키가 작은 나무.
왜옥矮屋 Korean gloss: 낮고 조그마한 집.
왜웅矮雄 Korean gloss: 암컷보다 작은 수컷.

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

Japanese words with 矮

矮小わいしょう diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy
矮躯わいく small stature
矮鶏チャボ (Japanese) bantam
矮人わいじん dwarf
矮星わいせい dwarf star
矮樹わいじゅ low or short tree
矮性わいせい dwarfism; dwarf; stunted
矮惑星わいわくせい dwarf planet
矮小化わいしょうか reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization
白色矮星はくしょくわいせい white dwarf
赤色矮星せきしょくわいせい red dwarf
褐色矮星かっしょくわいせい brown dwarf

Characters sharing the phonetic 委

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 “위” in Korean.

倭痿緌萎諉逶餧魏

Other hanja with radical 矢

矢矣知矧矩短矯矰

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