Hanja Analyzer
笥

笥 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옷상자 사
Romanization
sa
English
a hamper, wicker basket
Mandarin
sì
Japanese on'yomi
ス, シ
Japanese kun'yomi
け はこ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
竹 (118, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
司(사)
Unicode
U+7B25

Parts that make up 笥

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 司 맡을 사sound 명을 내리는 입과 권표 또는 손맡아보는 일. ‘사’ 계열의 소리

How 笥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 笥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 司.

Japanese words with 笥

  • 箪笥たんす chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet
  • 笥け container (esp. for food)
  • 碁笥ごけ goke; bowl for go-stones
  • 櫛笥くしげ toiletries case
  • 宮笥みやげ box for a shrine or temple amulet
  • 茶箪笥ちゃだんす tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements
  • 衣装箪笥いしょうだんす wardrobe
  • 階段箪笥かいだんたんす chest of drawers that also function as stairs
  • ベビー箪笥ベビーだんす small-sized wardrobe

Characters sharing the phonetic 司

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “사” in Korean.

伺 祠 詞 飼

Other hanja read “사”

乍 亊 事 些 仕 伺 似 佀 佘 使 俟 倳 傞 傻 僿 儩 写 冩 剚 卸 厶 叓 史 司 咋 唆 喳 嗄 嗣 四 士 奢 姒 娑 寫 寺 射 巳 師 徙 思 戺 捨 斜 斯 查 柶 査 梭 楂 榭 死 汜 沙 泗 涘 渣 瀉 献 獅

Other hanja with radical 竹

竹 竺 竽 竿 笄 笆 笈 笊 笋 笌 笏 笑 笒 笘 笙 笛 笞 笠 符 笧 笨 第 笭 笯 笰 笱 笳 笵 笹 笻 筅 筆 筈 等 筋 筌 筍 筏 筐 筑 筒 筓 答 策 筟 筠 筥 筦 筧 筩 筬 筮 筯 筱 筳 筵 筽 筿 箇 箋

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