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碧

碧 — byeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
푸를 벽
Romanization
byeok
English
jade; green, blue
Mandarin
bì
Japanese on'yomi
ヘキ, ヒャク
Japanese kun'yomi
あお みどり
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,455 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
石 (112, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+78A7

How 碧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 碧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 玉, 石, 白.

Korean example words with 碧

  • 벽공碧空 Korean gloss: 푸른 하늘
  • 벽류碧流 Korean gloss: 푸른 물줄기
  • 벽해碧海 Korean gloss: 짙푸른 바다
  • 감벽紺碧 Korean gloss: 검은빛이 도는 짙은 청색
  • 벽파碧波 Korean gloss: 푸른 파도. 또는 푸른 물결
  • 벽옥碧玉 Korean gloss: 산화 철로 된 불순물을 함유한 불투명한 석영. 조직이 치밀하며, 그 안에 섞인 불순물에 따라 색깔이 달라진다. 산화 철을 함유
  • 벽옥반碧玉盤 Korean gloss: 짙푸른 빛깔의 옥반
  • 벽옥색碧玉色 Korean gloss: 벽옥의 빛깔과 같은 푸른색
  • 벽계수碧溪水 Korean gloss: 물빛이 맑아 푸르게 보이는 시냇물
  • 벽락碧落 Korean gloss: 먼 곳.
  • 벽선碧蘚 Korean gloss: 푸른 이끼.
  • 벽수碧樹 Korean gloss: 푸른 나무.

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

Japanese words with 碧

  • 紺碧こんぺき deep blue; azure
  • 丹碧たんぺき red and green
  • 碧眼へきがん blue eyes
  • 碧玉へきぎょく jasper
  • 碧空へきくう blue sky; azure sky
  • 碧山へきざん green mountains
  • 碧水へきすい blue water; green water
  • 碧色へきしょく green; emerald
  • 三碧さんぺき third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east)
  • 碧雲へきうん bluish cloud; azure sky; blue sky
  • 碧海へきかい blue sea; blue expanse of water
  • 黄碧玉こうへきぎょく yellow jasper; beryl

Other hanja read “벽”

Other hanja with radical 石

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