Hanja Analyzer
笈

笈 — geup

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
책상자 급
Romanization
geup
English
bamboo box used carry books
Mandarin
jí
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, ゴウ, ギュウ, キョウ, ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おい
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
9
Radical
竹 (118, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+7B08

Parts that make up 笈

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 及 미칠 급 앞사람에 닿은 손미침. ‘급’ 계열의 소리

How 笈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 笈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 及.

Japanese words with 笈

  • 笈おい wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
  • 笈摺おいずり thin, sleeveless overgarment worn by pilgrims
  • 笈多グプタ Gupta (dynasty of India; approx. 320-600 CE)
  • 書笈しょきゅう wooden box for carrying books on one's back; bookcase
  • 笈を負うきゅうをおう to leave one's hometown to study; to carry a case of books

Other hanja read “급”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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