Hanja Analyzer
羯

羯 — gal

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
불친 양 갈, 땅이름 갈
Romanization
gal
English
wether, castrated ram; deer skin
Mandarin
jié
Japanese on'yomi
カツ, ケツ, ケチ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
羊 (123, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
曷
Unicode
U+7FAF

Parts that make up 羯

  • 羊 양 양 뿔이 굽은 양의 머리양, 그리고 좋고 아름다운 것
  • 曷 어찌 갈sound 입을 벌려 조르는 사람‘갈·알·할’ 계열의 소리

How 羯 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 羯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 羊, 曷.

Japanese words with 羯

  • 羯けつ Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
  • 羯鼓かっこ kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku
  • 羯磨かつま karma
  • 磨羯宮まかつきゅう Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign); the Goat
  • 羯磨曼荼羅かつままんだら karma mandala (in Shingon); three-dimensional mandala with a sculpture of each deity

Characters sharing the phonetic 曷

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

偈 喝 愒 揭 楬 歇 渴 碣 竭 葛 蝎 褐 謁 遏 鞨 餲 鶡

Other hanja read “갈”

丐 乫 匄 咭 喝 噶 掲 曷 楬 渇 渴 碣 秸 竭 葛 蝎 蠍 褐 鞨 頡 鶡

Other hanja with radical 羊

羊 羋 羌 美 羑 羔 羖 羗 羘 羚 羜 羝 羞 羡 群 羨 義 羫 羲 羶 羸 羹

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