Hanja Analyzer
秕

秕 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쭉정이 비
Romanization
bi
English
empty grain or rice husk, chaff
Mandarin
bǐ
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
しいな
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
禾 (115, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
比(비)
Unicode
U+79D5

Parts that make up 秕

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 比 견줄 비sound 나란히 선 사람 둘견주고 나란한 것. ‘비’ 계열의 소리

How 秕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 秕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 比.

Korean example words with 秕

  • 비정秕政 Korean gloss: 백성을 괴롭히고 나라를 잘못되게 하는 정치

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 比

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 “비” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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