Hanja Analyzer
窈

窈 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
고요할 요
Romanization
yo
English
obscure, secluded; refined
Mandarin
yǎo
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
穴 (116, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
幼
Unicode
U+7A88

Parts that make up 窈

  • 穴 굴 혈 파 놓은 굴 입구구멍과 굴, 파인 곳
  • 幼 어릴 유sound 가는 실과 힘어리다. ‘유’ 계열의 소리

How 窈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 穴, 幼.

Korean example words with 窈

  • 요연하다窈然 Korean gloss: 보이는 것이나 들리는 것이 희미하고 매우 멀다
  • 요조숙녀窈窕淑女 Korean gloss: 말과 행동이 품위가 있으며 얌전하고 정숙한 여자
  • 요애하다窈靄 Korean gloss: 멀고 까마득하다.
  • 요조窈窕 Korean gloss: ‘요조하다’의 어근.
  • 요연히窈然히 Korean gloss: 보이는 것이나 들리는 것이 희미하고 매우 멀게.

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

Japanese words with 窈

  • 窈窕ようちょう graceful; slim and beautiful

Characters sharing the phonetic 幼

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

呦 坳 拗 黝

Other hanja read “요”

么 偠 傜 僥 凹 吆 喓 嗂 坳 堯 墝 夭 妖 姚 嬈 尭 峣 嶢 幺 徭 徼 拗 搖 擾 曜 橈 殀 澆 燿 瑤 瑶 祅 穾 窅 窯 繇 繞 耀 腰 葽 蕘 蟯 要 謠 遙 遶 邀 饒 鰩 鷂 鷕

Other hanja with radical 穴

穴 穵 究 穹 空 穽 穾 穿 窀 突 窂 窃 窄 窅 窆 窊 窒 窓 窕 窗 窘 窛 窞 窟 窠 窣 窩 窪 窬 窮 窯 窳 窶 窹 窺 窻 窾 窿 竄 竅 竇 竈 竊

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