Hanja Analyzer
芥

芥 — gae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겨자 개
Romanization
gae
English
mustard plant; mustard; tiny
Mandarin
jiè
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ, カツ, ケチ
Japanese kun'yomi
からし ごみ あくた
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,929 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
艸 (140, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
介(개)
Unicode
U+82A5

Parts that make up 芥

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 介 낄 개sound 사람 양옆에 표를 한 모양끼이다. ‘개’ 계열의 소리

How 芥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 芥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 介.

Korean example words with 芥

  • 섬개纖芥 Korean gloss: 검불의 부스러기
  • 초개草芥 Korean gloss: 풀과 티끌을 아울러 이르는 말. 흔히 지푸라기를 이른다
  • 부개腐芥 Korean gloss: 썩은 쓰레기.
  • 석개石芥 Korean gloss: 키가 작은 겨자의 하나.
  • 초개시하다草芥視 Korean gloss: 보잘것없는 것으로 여기다
  • 개류芥溜 Korean gloss: 버린 쓰레기를 모으는 곳.
  • 개저芥菹 Korean gloss: 갓의 잎과 줄기로 담근 김치.
  • 개채芥菜 Korean gloss: 겨자와 갓을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 진개塵芥 Korean gloss: 먼지와 티끌을 통틀어 이르는 말.
  • 개자芥子 Korean gloss: 겨자씨와 갓씨를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 개진芥塵 Korean gloss: 사소한 것을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
  • 토개土芥 Korean gloss: 하잘것없는 것을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 芥

  • 芥ごもく trash; rubbish; garbage
  • 塵芥じんかい rubbish; trash; garbage
  • 芥子ケシ opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
  • 田芥たがらし celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup; woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa)
  • 厨芥ちゅうかい kitchen waste
  • 芥藍カイラン kai-lan; gai-lan; Chinese broccoli
  • 犬芥いぬがらし variableleaf yellowcress (Rorippa indica)
  • 洋芥子ようがらし mustard
  • 小芥子こけし limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
  • 芥子粒けしつぶ poppy seed; something extremely tiny
  • 薊芥子あざみげし Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana)
  • 黒芥子くろがらし black mustard (Brassica nigra)

Characters sharing the phonetic 介

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 “개” in Korean.

Other hanja read “개”

Other hanja with radical 艸

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences