Hanja Analyzer
細

細 — se

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가늘 세
Romanization
se
English
fine, tiny; slender, thin
Mandarin
xì
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, セイ
Japanese kun'yomi
ほそ.い ほそ.る こま.か こま.かい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#537 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
糸 (120, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+7D30

Parts that make up 細

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 田 밭 전 이랑으로 나눈 밭밭과 논, 땅을 나누는 일

How 細 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 細 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 囟.

Korean example words with 細

  • 세선細線 Korean gloss: 가는 줄
  • 세편細片 Korean gloss: 작은 조각
  • 세부細部 Korean gloss: 자세한 부분
  • 세립細粒 Korean gloss: 매우 잔 알갱이
  • 세정細情 Korean gloss: 세세히 맺힌 정
  • 세석細席 Korean gloss: 올이 가는 돗자리
  • 간세姦細 Korean gloss: 적을 정탐하는 첩자
  • 세사細事 Korean gloss: 작고 자질구레한 일
  • 거세巨細 Korean gloss: 거대함과 세미(細微)함
  • 세목細木 Korean gloss: 올이 가늘고 고운 무명
  • 세설細雪 Korean gloss: 조금씩 잘게 내리는 눈
  • 세저細苧 Korean gloss: 올이 가늘고 고운 모시

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

Japanese words with 細

  • 細胞さいぼう cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
  • 詳細しょうさい details; particulars; specifics
  • 細かいこまかい small; fine; minute
  • 細かくこまかく minutely; finely
  • 細菌さいきん bacterium; bacteria; germ
  • 細部さいぶ details; particulars
  • 細かこまか small; fine; detailed
  • 細工さいく work; workmanship; craftsmanship
  • 繊細せんさい dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine
  • 細いほそい thin; slender; fine
  • 零細れいさい insignificant; trifling; paltry
  • 細分さいぶん subdivision (into small parts)

Other hanja read “세”

Other hanja with radical 糸

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences