Hanja Analyzer
莖

莖 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
줄기 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
stem, stalk
Mandarin
jīng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, コウ, ギョウ, ヨウ, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
くき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Japanese standard form
茎 (Secondary (Jōyō))
Strokes
10
Radical
艸 (140, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+8396

Parts that make up 莖

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 巠 베틀에 걸린 날실‘경’ 계열의 소리

How 莖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 莖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 巠.

Korean example words with 莖

  • 마경麻莖 Korean gloss: 삼의 줄기.
  • 소경小莖 Korean gloss: 작은 줄기.
  • 경절莖節 Korean gloss: 줄기의 마디.
  • 무경無莖 Korean gloss: 줄기가 없음.
  • 초경草莖 Korean gloss: 초본의 줄기.
  • 만경蔓莖 Korean gloss: 덩굴로 된 줄기.
  • 엽경葉莖 Korean gloss: 식물의 잎과 줄기.
  • 경자莖刺 Korean gloss: 줄기에서 돋는 가시.
  • 유경有莖 Korean gloss: 땅위줄기가 있는 상태.
  • 경부莖部 Korean gloss: 초본 식물의 줄기 부위.
  • 경흔莖痕 Korean gloss: 줄기가 달려 있던 흔적.
  • 단경單莖 Korean gloss: 가지가 없이 뻗은 줄기.

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

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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