Hanja Analyzer
簣

簣 — gwe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
삼태기 궤
Romanization
gwe
English
a bamboo basket for carrying earth
Mandarin
kuì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, カイ, ギ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
もっこ あじか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Radical
竹 (118, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
貴
Unicode
U+7C23

Parts that make up 簣

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 貴 귀할 귀sound 두 손으로 받쳐 든 재물귀하다. ‘궤·귀’ 계열의 소리

How 簣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 簣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 貴.

Japanese words with 簣

  • 九仞の功を一簣に虧くきゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle

Characters sharing the phonetic 貴

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

Other hanja read “궤”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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