Hanja Analyzer
苛

苛 — ga

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가혹할 가
Romanization
ga
English
small, petty; harsh, rigorous
Mandarin
kē
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ガ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
いじ.める さいな.む いらだ.つ からい こまかい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
8
Radical
艸 (140, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
可
Unicode
U+82DB

Parts that make up 苛

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 可 옳을 가, 오랑캐 임금 이름 극sound 입에서 나오는 허락옳다. ‘가·하’ 계열의 소리

How 苛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 苛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 可.

Korean example words with 苛

  • 가정苛政 Korean gloss: 가혹한 정치
  • 가역苛役 Korean gloss: 매우 힘든 일
  • 가혹苛酷 Korean gloss: 몹시 모질고 독함
  • 가책苛責 Korean gloss: 몹시 심하게 꾸짖음
  • 가렴苛斂 Korean gloss: 세금 따위를 가혹하게 거두어들임
  • 가평苛評 Korean gloss: 가혹하게 비평함. 또는 그런 비평
  • 가중하다苛重 Korean gloss: 정도가 심하고 부담이 무겁다
  • 번가하다煩苛 Korean gloss: 법령 따위가 번거롭고 가혹하다
  • 가혹성苛酷性 Korean gloss: 몹시 모질고 독한 성질
  • 가법苛法 Korean gloss: 가혹한 법령.
  • 가금苛禁 Korean gloss: 엄하게 금지함.
  • 가질苛疾 Korean gloss: 몹시 심한 병.

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

Japanese words with 苛

  • 苛々いらいら to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge
  • 苛めるいじめる to ill-treat; to bully; to torment
  • 苛むさいなむ to torment; to torture; to afflict
  • 苛虐かぎゃく cruel treatment
  • 苛性かせい caustic
  • 苛政かせい tyranny; despotism
  • 苛税かぜい heavy taxation
  • 苛烈かれつ severe; fierce; stern
  • 苛斂かれん oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
  • 苛ちいらち in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush
  • 苛立ついらだつ to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
  • 苛つくいらつく to get irritated

Characters sharing the phonetic 可

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

Other hanja read “가”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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