Hanja Analyzer
窕

窕 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
그윽할 조
Romanization
jo
English
slender; quiet and modest, charming
Mandarin
tiǎo
Japanese on'yomi
チョウ, ヨウ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
うつく.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
穴 (116, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
兆
Unicode
U+7A95

Parts that make up 窕

  • 穴 굴 혈 파 놓은 굴 입구구멍과 굴, 파인 곳
  • 兆 억조 조sound 물을 등지고 달아나는 두 사람조짐. ‘조’ 계열의 소리

How 窕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 穴, 兆.

Korean example words with 窕

  • 요조숙녀窈窕淑女 Korean gloss: 말과 행동이 품위가 있으며 얌전하고 정숙한 여자
  • 요조窈窕 Korean gloss: ‘요조하다’의 어근.

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

Japanese words with 窕

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 兆

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

佻 咷 姚 恌 挑 晁 桃 洮 眺 祧 誂 跳 逃 銚 鞉 頫 鼗

Other hanja read “조”

佻 俎 傮 兆 凋 刁 劋 助 厝 吊 唕 啁 啅 嘈 嘲 噪 嬥 弔 彫 徂 恌 慥 懆 找 抓 措 操 旐 早 晁 曹 曺 朝 条 條 棗 槽 殂 洮 漕 潮 澡 照 燥 爪 璪 皁 皂 眺 祖 祚 祧 租 稠 竈 笊 粗 糙 糟 糶

Other hanja with radical 穴

穴 穵 究 穹 空 穽 穾 穿 窀 突 窂 窃 窄 窅 窆 窈 窊 窒 窓 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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