Hanja Analyzer
精

精 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
정할 정
Romanization
jeong
English
essence; semen; spirit
Mandarin
jīng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
しら.げる くわ.しい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#752 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
米 (119, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
靑
Unicode
U+7CBE

Parts that make up 精

  • 米 쌀 미 낟알이 흩어진 모양쌀과 곡식 알갱이
  • 青 푸를 청Japanese form of 靑sound 돋는 싹과 우물 또는 돋는 싹과 붉은 광물푸르고 맑은 것. ‘청·정’ 계열의 소리

How 精 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 精 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 米, 青.

Korean example words with 精

  • 정각精覺 Korean gloss: 자세히 깨달음
  • 정병精兵 Korean gloss: 우수하고 강한 군사
  • 정력精力 Korean gloss: 남자의 성적(性的) 능력
  • 정액精液 Korean gloss: 순수한 진액으로 된 액체
  • 정혈精血 Korean gloss: 생기를 돌게 하는 맑은 피
  • 정독精讀 Korean gloss: 뜻을 새겨 가며 자세히 읽음
  • 정화精華 Korean gloss: 정수가 될 만한 뛰어난 부분
  • 정영精英 Korean gloss: 정예롭고 뛰어난 사물이나 사람
  • 정근精勤 Korean gloss: 일이나 공부 따위에 부지런히 힘씀
  • 정예精詣 Korean gloss: 정수(精粹)한 학술에 대한 깊은 조예
  • 정성精誠 Korean gloss: 온갖 힘을 다하려는 참되고 성실한 마음
  • 정예精銳 Korean gloss: 썩 날래고 용맹스러움. 또는 그런 군사

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

Japanese words with 精

  • 精神せいしん mind; spirit; soul
  • 精せい spirit; sprite; nymph
  • 精神的せいしんてき mental; spiritual; emotional
  • 精密せいみつ precise; exact; detailed
  • 精子せいし sperm; spermatozoon
  • 精製せいせい refining; purification; careful manufacture
  • 受精卵じゅせいらん fertilized egg; fertilised egg
  • 精度せいど precision; accuracy
  • 体外受精たいがいじゅせい in vitro fertilization; in vitro fertilisation; IVF
  • 精彩せいさい brilliance; luster; lustre
  • 精神障害せいしんしょうがい mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
  • 精米せいまい rice polishing; polished rice

Characters sharing the phonetic 靑

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

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 米

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