茉

茉 — mal

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 말리 말
Romanization: mal
English: white jasmine
Mandarin: mò
Japanese on'yomi: マツ, バツ, マ
Japanese usage: Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes: 8
Variant forms: 苿
Radical: 艸 (140, 5 residual)
Phonetic component: 末(말)
Unicode: U+8309

Parts that make up 茉

艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
末 끝 말sound 나무 끝에 표를 한 모양끝. ‘말’ 계열의 소리

How 茉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 茉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 末.

Korean example words with 茉

말리茉莉 Korean gloss: 물푸레나뭇과의 상록 관목. 높이는 1미터 정도이며, 잎은 5~9개의 잔잎으로 된 우상 복엽이다. 여름에 4~5개로 갈라진 희고
말리채茉莉菜 Korean gloss: 말리의 잎을 데치어 장, 기름, 깨소금 따위의 양념과 두부를 넣고 버무린 나물.
말리구이茉莉구이 Korean gloss: 말리의 연한 잎을 따서 기름을 발라 구운 음식.

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

Japanese words with 茉

茉莉まつり Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
茉莉花まつりか Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
野茉莉エゴノキ Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus)

Characters sharing the phonetic 末

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 “말” in Korean.

沫秣靺

Other hanja with radical 艸

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