Hanja Analyzer
脅

脅 — hyeop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
위협할 협
Romanization
hyeop
English
ribs; armpits; flank; threaten
Mandarin
xié
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ケン, キュウ, コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おびや.かす おど.す おど.かす
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,183 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
肉 (130, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
劦(협)
Unicode
U+8105

Parts that make up 脅

  • 劦 힘을 합할 협sound 힘 셋을 모은 모양힘을 합하는 일. ‘협’ 계열의 소리
  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다

How 脅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 脅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 劦, 肉.

Korean example words with 脅

  • 위협威脅 Korean gloss: 힘으로 으르고 협박함
  • 협제하다脅制 Korean gloss: 위협하고 견제하다
  • 협종하다脅從 Korean gloss: 남의 위협에 못 이겨 복종하다
  • 협박하다脅迫 Korean gloss: 겁을 주며 압력을 가하여 남에게 억지로 어떤 일을 하도록 하다
  • 불위협不威脅 Korean gloss: 위협하지 아니함
  • 위협기威脅氣 Korean gloss: 위협하는 기운이나 기색
  • 위협물威脅物 Korean gloss: 위협을 주는 물질이나 물건
  • 위협성威脅性 Korean gloss: 힘으로 으르고 협박하는 성질
  • 위협자威脅者 Korean gloss: 힘으로 으르고 협박하는 사람
  • 위협조威脅調 Korean gloss: 힘으로 으르고 협박하는 태도나 느낌
  • 위협감威脅感 Korean gloss: 힘으로 으르고 협박하는 일을 당하는 느낌
  • 협박문脅迫文 Korean gloss: 남에게 어떤 일을 하도록 위협하는 뜻을 적은 글

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

Japanese words with 脅

  • 脅威きょうい threat; menace
  • 脅迫きょうはく threat; menace; coercion
  • 脅しおどし threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
  • 脅かすおどかす to threaten; to menace; to intimidate
  • 脅すおどす to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
  • 脅かしおどかし threat
  • 脅喝きょうかつ threat; intimidation; menace
  • 威脅いきょう threat; menace
  • 脅迫罪きょうはくざい criminal intimidation
  • 脅迫者きょうはくしゃ person making threats; intimidator
  • 脅迫状きょうはくじょう threatening letter; intimidating letter
  • 脅迫的きょうはくてき menacing; threatening

Characters sharing the phonetic 劦

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 “협” in Korean.

Other hanja read “협”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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