Hanja Analyzer
稽

稽 — gye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
머무를 계
Romanization
gye
English
examine, investigate; delay
Mandarin
jī
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ
Japanese kun'yomi
かんが.える とど.める
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,372 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
禾 (115, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
耆
Unicode
U+7A3D

How 稽 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 稽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 旨, 頁.

Korean example words with 稽

  • 계지하다稽遲 Korean gloss: 일 따위를 늦추다
  • 계류稽留 Korean gloss: 객지에 가서 머물러 있음.
  • 계정稽程 Korean gloss: 공문서의 처리 기한을 어김.
  • 계고稽古 Korean gloss: 옛일을 자세히 살피어 공부함.
  • 계산稽山 Korean gloss: 충청북도 영동군의 고려 때 이름.
  • 계고稽考 Korean gloss: 지나간 일을 돌이켜 자세히 살펴봄.
  • 계봉稽封 Korean gloss: 진상물을 바치는 것이 늦어지던 일.
  • 계체稽滯 Korean gloss: 일이 밀려 늦어짐. 또는 그렇게 함.
  • 계수稽首 Korean gloss: 구배의 하나. 머리가 땅에 닿도록 몸을 굽혀 하는 절이다.
  • 계사稽謝 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 지방관으로 임명된 사람이 숙배(肅拜)를 늦추던 일.
  • 계고지력稽古之力 Korean gloss: 옛일을 자세히 살피어 공부하는 노력이라는 뜻으로, 학문이 넓고 지식이 많음을 이르는 말
  • 계지稽知 Korean gloss: 신라 때에 둔, 십칠 관등 가운데 열넷째 등급. 사두품 이상이 오를 수 있었으며, 집사성, 병부에 속하였다.

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

Japanese words with 稽

  • 稽古けいこ practice; practising; training
  • 滑稽こっけい funny; comical; humorous
  • 荒唐無稽こうとうむけい absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
  • 無稽むけい unfounded; groundless; baseless
  • 稽首けいしゅ bowing to the floor
  • 下稽古したげいこ rehearsal; run-through; practice
  • 滑稽本こっけいぼん comic novel (Edo period)
  • 出稽古でげいこ giving lessons at pupils' homes; going to train in stable other than your own
  • 代稽古だいげいこ substitute teaching
  • 朝稽古あさげいこ early-morning practice
  • 寒稽古かんげいこ mid-winter training
  • 稽古台けいこだい training partner; training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)

Characters sharing the phonetic 耆

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

Other hanja read “계”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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