綺
綺 — gi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 綺
How 綺 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 綺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 奇.
Korean example words with 綺
- 기라성綺羅星 Korean gloss: 밤하늘에 반짝이는 무수한 별이라는 뜻으로, 신분이 높거나 권력이나 명예 따위를 가지고 있는 사람이 모여 있는 것을 비유적으로
- 금기錦綺 Korean gloss: 곱고 화려한 옷.
- 나기羅綺 Korean gloss: 아름답고 화려한 옷.
- 교기交綺 Korean gloss: 무늬를 넣어 짠 비단.
- 기몽綺夢 Korean gloss: 화려하고 아름다운 꿈.
- 기각綺閣 Korean gloss: 비단같이 아름다운 누각.
- 채기綵綺 Korean gloss: 고운 빛깔의 무늬가 있는 비단.
- 기환綺紈 Korean gloss: 고운 비단. 또는 곱고 값진 옷.
- 능기綾綺 Korean gloss: 무늬가 있는 비단. 또는 그것으로 만든 옷.
- 기라綺羅 Korean gloss: 곱고 아름다운 비단. 또는 그 비단으로 지은 옷.
- 기언綺言 Korean gloss: 신문이나 소설 따위에서 묘하게 수식하여 표현한 말.
- 기어綺語 Korean gloss: 십악의 하나. 도리에 어긋나며 교묘하게 꾸며 대는 말을 이른다.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 綺
- 綺麗きれい pretty; lovely; beautiful
- 綺き thin twilled silk fabric
- 綺羅きら fine clothes
- 綺譚きたん beautiful story
- 綺語きご embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds); embellished language; flowery language
- 口綺麗くちぎれい elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding
- 手綺麗てぎれい neatly made
- 綺麗事きれいごと whitewashing; glossing over; lip service
- 綾綺殿りょうきでん pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)
- 狂言綺語きょうげんきご make-believe fiction
- 綺麗さびきれいさび kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
- 綺麗どころきれいどころ geisha; dressed-up beautiful woman
Characters sharing the phonetic 奇
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “기” in Korean.
Other hanja read “기”
Other hanja with radical 糸
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