等 — deung

Parts that make up 等

How 等 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 等 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 寺.

Korean example words with 等

• 등량等量 Korean gloss: 같은 양(量)
• 등척等隻 Korean gloss: 같은 수의 배
• 이등二等 Korean gloss: 두 번째 등급
• 일등一等 Korean gloss: 으뜸가는 등급
• 차등次等 Korean gloss: 다음가는 등급
• 선등先等 Korean gloss: 남보다 먼저 함
• 등물等物 Korean gloss: 같은 종류의 물건
• 관등官等 Korean gloss: 관리나 벼슬의 등급
• 등배等輩 Korean gloss: 일정한 사람들의 무리
• 등수等數 Korean gloss: 등급에 따라 정한 차례
• 등신等身 Korean gloss: 자기의 키와 같은 높이
• 층등層等 Korean gloss: 서로 구별되는 층과 등급

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

Japanese words with 等

• 高等こうとう high class; high grade
• 平等びょうどう equality; impartiality; evenness
• 均等きんとう equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
• 対等たいとう equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
• 一等いっとう first class; first rank; first grade
• 高等学校こうとうがっこう senior high school; high school
• 不平等ふびょうどう inequality; unfairness
• 同等どうとう equality; equal; same rights
• 優等生ゆうとうせい honor student; honours student; model student
• 中等ちゅうとう second grade; medium quality; average
• 等身とうしん body proportions
• 等々とうとう etc.; et cetera; and so on

Characters sharing the phonetic 寺

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

Other hanja read “등”

Other hanja with radical 竹