Hanja Analyzer
磯

磯 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
여울돌 기
Romanization
gi
English
jetty; submerged rock; eddy
Mandarin
jī
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ゲ, カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
いそ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,444 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
石 (112, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
幾(기)
Unicode
U+78EF

Parts that make up 磯

  • 石 돌 석 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것
  • 幾 몇 기sound 실과 창을 지켜보는 모양몇. ‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 磯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 磯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 幾.

Korean example words with 磯

  • 어기漁磯 Korean gloss: 낚시질하는 곳.
  • 조기釣磯 Korean gloss: 낚시질하는 곳.
  • 기소현상磯燒現象 Korean gloss: 바다의 암반 따위에 부착하여 살아가는 생물이 거의 다 죽고, 석회조 따위만 번식해서 암반 따위가 백색 또는 황백색으로 보이는

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

Japanese words with 磯

  • 磯いそ (rocky) beach; seashore
  • 磯辺いそべ seashore; beach; food wrapped in nori
  • 荒磯あらいそ reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore
  • 磯鵯いそひよどり blue rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
  • 磯鷸いそしぎ common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
  • 磯波いそなみ surf
  • 磯蟹いそがに Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
  • 磯馴そなれ Japanese garden juniper; dwarf Japanese garden juniper; Juniperus procumbens
  • 磯魚いそうお inshore fish; fish living in rocky coastal waters
  • 磯鮪いそまぐろ dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
  • 磯祭いそまつり (rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
  • 磯笛いそぶえ sea whistle; sound made by a traditional diver when returning to shore

Characters sharing the phonetic 幾

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 “기” in Korean.

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 石

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