Hanja Analyzer
縊

縊 — aek, ui

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
목맬 액, 목 맬 의
Romanization
aek, ui
English
hang, strangle
Mandarin
yì
Japanese on'yomi
イ, エイ
Japanese kun'yomi
くび.る くび.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
糸 (120, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
益
Unicode
U+7E0A

Parts that make up 縊

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 益 더할 익sound 그릇에 물이 넘치는 모양더하다. ‘익’ 계열의 소리

How 縊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 縊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 益.

Korean example words with 縊

  • 액살하다縊殺 Korean gloss: 토속 신앙에서, 나쁜 기운이 사람에게 불행이나 재앙을 끼치다
  • 자액自縊 Korean gloss: 스스로 목을 매어 죽음.
  • 의가縊架 Korean gloss: 교수형을 받은 사람의 목을 매어 죽이는 대(臺). 또는 그 장치.
  • 액사縊死 Korean gloss: 목을 매어 죽음.26일 사시에 세자가 광화문으로 나왔사온데, 장철 등으로 하여금 병사를 거느리고 옹위하게 하였으나, 남대문 밖

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

Japanese words with 縊

  • 縊死いし suicide by hanging; hanging oneself
  • 縊るくびる to strangle to death
  • 縊首いしゅ suicide by hanging
  • 縊くわなく to hang oneself; to strangle oneself; to wring the neck
  • 首縊りくびくくり hanging oneself

Characters sharing the phonetic 益

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

嗌 搤 溢 謚 鎰 隘 鷁

Other hanja read “액”

厄 呝 戹 扼 掖 搤 液 腋 阨 頟 額

Other hanja with radical 糸

糸 糺 系 糾 紀 紂 紃 約 紅 紆 紇 紈 紊 紋 納 紐 紑 紓 純 紕 紗 紘 紙 級 紛 紜 素 紡 索 紫 紬 紮 累 細 紱 紲 紳 紵 紹 紺 紼 紽 紾 終 絃 組 絅 絆 絉 経 絍 絏 結 絕 絖 絙 絛 絜 絞 絡

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