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
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
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