Hanja Analyzer
萼

萼 — ak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꽃받침 악
Romanization
ak
English
the stem and calyx of a flower; a younger brother
Mandarin
è
Japanese on'yomi
ガク
Japanese kun'yomi
うてな
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
艸 (140, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
咢(악)
Unicode
U+843C

Parts that make up 萼

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 咢 깜짝놀랄 악sound 서로 맞대어 지르는 소리‘악·안’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 萼

  • 萼がく calyx
  • 萼片がくへん sepal

Characters sharing the phonetic 咢

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 “악” in Korean.

Other hanja read “악”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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