Hanja Analyzer
腋

腋 — aek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겨드랑이 액
Romanization
aek
English
armpit
Mandarin
yè
Japanese on'yomi
エキ, ヤク, セキ, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
わき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
肉 (130, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
夜(액)
Unicode
U+814B

Parts that make up 腋

  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다
  • 夜 밤 야sound 사람 곁에 뜬 달밤. ‘야’ 계열의 소리

How 腋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 腋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肉, 夜.

Korean example words with 腋

  • 부액扶腋 Korean gloss: 겨드랑이를 붙잡아 걷는 것을 도움
  • 양액兩腋 Korean gloss: 양쪽 겨드랑이.
  • 액모腋毛 Korean gloss: 겨드랑이에 난 털.
  • 액발腋發 Korean gloss: 겨드랑이에 생긴 부스럼.
  • 호액護腋 Korean gloss: 갑옷 양쪽 겨드랑이에 대던 쇠.
  • 액와腋窩 Korean gloss: ‘겨드랑이’를 전문적으로 이르는 말.
  • 맥액脈腋 Korean gloss: 잎맥이 잎몸과 맞닿는 잎맥의 가장자리.
  • 액기腋氣 Korean gloss: 체질적으로 겨드랑이에서 나는 고약한 냄새.
  • 액취腋臭 Korean gloss: 체질적으로 겨드랑이에서 나는 고약한 냄새.
  • 엽액葉腋 Korean gloss: 식물의 가지나 줄기에 잎이 붙은 부분의 위쪽.
  • 액생腋生 Korean gloss: 싹이나 꽃 따위가 잎이 붙어 있는 자리에서 남.
  • 장액獐腋 Korean gloss: 노루 앞다리 안쪽의 겨드랑이 털. 보드랍고 끝이 몹시 빳빳하고 뾰족하여 붓을 매는 데 쓰인다.

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

Japanese words with 腋

  • 腋臭わきが body odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor
  • 腋毛わきげ underarm hair; armpit hair
  • 腋窩えきか armpit; axilla
  • 葉腋ようえき leaf axil
  • 闕腋けってき unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side; robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran
  • 縫腋ほうえき stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such a stitched side; robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials
  • 腋生えきせい axillary growth
  • 腋窩腺えきかせん axillary gland
  • 闕腋の袍けってきのほう robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran
  • 縫腋の袍ほうえきのほう robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials
  • 腋窩動脈えきかどうみゃく axillary artery; arteria axillaris
  • 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずせんきんのきゅうはいっこのえきにあらず to rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox

Characters sharing the phonetic 夜

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 “액” in Korean.

Other hanja read “액”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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