Hanja Analyzer
稍

稍 — cho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
점점 초
Romanization
cho
English
little, slightly; rather
Mandarin
shāo
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
やや ようやく
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
禾 (115, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
肖
Unicode
U+7A0D

Parts that make up 稍

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 肖 닮을/같을 초, 쇠약할 소sound 작게 저민 고기로 보나 설이 갈린다‘초·소’ 계열의 소리

How 稍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 稍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禾, 肖.

Korean example words with 稍

  • 초실하다稍實 Korean gloss: 열매가 약간 여문 상태에 있다
  • 초사稍事 Korean gloss: 사소한 일.
  • 초량稍良 Korean gloss: 조금 양호함.
  • 초해稍解 Korean gloss: 겨우 조금 이해함.
  • 초식稍食 Korean gloss: 벼슬아치가 녹봉으로 받던 쌀.
  • 초맥稍麥 Korean gloss: 밀가루로 만든 떡 속에 고기소를 넣어 만든 음식.
  • 초승稍勝 Korean gloss: ‘초승하다’의 어근.
  • 초요稍饒 Korean gloss: ‘초요하다’의 어근.
  • 초원稍遠 Korean gloss: ‘초원하다’의 어근.
  • 초간하다稍間 Korean gloss: 시간적으로 사이가 조금 뜨다.
  • 초초稍稍 Korean gloss: 조금씩 더하거나 덜하여지는 모양.
  • 초성양稍成樣 Korean gloss: 겨우 모양이나 형체를 갖춤.

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

Japanese words with 稍

  • 稍やや a little; partially; somewhat
  • 稍重ややおも good to soft (track condition); good to yielding
  • 稍あってややあって a little while later; for a little while; some time later

Characters sharing the phonetic 肖

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

Other hanja read “초”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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