Hanja Analyzer
祟

祟 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빌미 수
Romanization
su
English
evil spirit; evil influence
Mandarin
suì
Japanese on'yomi
スイ, シュツ, シュチ
Japanese kun'yomi
たた.る たた.り
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
示 (113, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
出
Unicode
U+795F

Parts that make up 祟

  • 出 날[生] 출sound 구덩이 밖으로 내딛는 발나감. ‘출·굴’ 계열의 소리
  • 示 보일 시, 땅 귀신 기 제물을 올린 제단제사와 신, 하늘이 내리는 일. 왼쪽에서 礻 로 쓴다

How 祟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 祟 as a ideographic compound involving 木, 示.

Japanese words with 祟

  • 祟りたたり curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
  • 祟るたたる to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt
  • 祟り目たたりめ time of misfortune; stroke of bad luck; calamity
  • 祟り神たたりがみ powerful evil spirit that brings calamity; supernatural being that brings disaster
  • 弱り目に祟り目よわりめにたたりめ misfortunes never come singly; when it rains, it pours; adding insult to injury
  • 触らぬ神に祟りなしさわらぬかみにたたりなし let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

Characters sharing the phonetic 出

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

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 示

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