Hanja Analyzer
碩

碩 — seok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
클 석
Romanization
seok
English
great, eminent; large, big
Mandarin
shuò
Japanese on'yomi
セキ, ジャク
Japanese kun'yomi
おお.きい
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
14
Radical
石 (112, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
石
Unicode
U+78A9

Parts that make up 碩

  • 石 돌 석sound 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 碩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 碩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 頁.

Korean example words with 碩

  • 석학碩學 Korean gloss: 학식이 많고 깊은 사람
  • 석박사碩博士 Korean gloss: ‘석사’와 ‘박사’를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 석량碩量 Korean gloss: 큰 도량(度量).
  • 석망碩望 Korean gloss: 크고 높은 명망.
  • 석모碩謀 Korean gloss: 크고 위대한 계획.
  • 석획碩劃 Korean gloss: 크고 위대한 계획.
  • 석인碩人 Korean gloss: 덕이 크고 높은 사람.
  • 석사碩師 Korean gloss: 학식이 많고 깊은 사람.
  • 숙석宿碩 Korean gloss: 예로부터 명망이 높은 대학자.
  • 석덕碩德 Korean gloss: 높은 덕. 또는 덕이 높은 사람.
  • 석박사급碩博士級 Korean gloss: 석사나 박사에 해당하는 학위의 등급
  • 석유碩儒 Korean gloss: 뭇사람의 존경을 받는 이름난 유학자.

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

Japanese words with 碩

  • 碩学せきがく great scholar; profound scholar
  • 碩儒せきじゅ (Confucian) scholar
  • 碩老せきろう wise and learned elder

Characters sharing the phonetic 石

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “석”

Other hanja with radical 石

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences