Hanja Analyzer
縋

縋 — chu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
줄에 달릴 추
Romanization
chu
English
climb down rope; hang by rope
Mandarin
zhuì
Japanese on'yomi
ツイ, ズイ
Japanese kun'yomi
すが.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
糸 (120, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+7E0B

Parts that make up 縋

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 追 쫓을/따를 추, 옥 다듬을 퇴 뒤를 밟아 쫓는 발쫓다. ‘추·퇴’ 계열의 소리

How 縋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 縋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 追.

Japanese words with 縋

  • 縋るすがる to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on
  • 縋りつくすがりつく to cling to; to depend on; to embrace
  • 杖に縋るとも人に縋るなつえにすがるともひとにすがるな don't be a burden to others; lean on your cane, but don't lean on others

Other hanja read “추”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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