Hanja Analyzer
藹

藹 — ae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
초목우거질 애
Romanization
ae
English
lush; affable, friendly
Mandarin
ǎi
Japanese on'yomi
アイ, アツ, アチ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
艸 (140, 16 residual)
Phonetic component
謁
Unicode
U+85F9

Parts that make up 藹

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 謁 뵐 알sound

How 藹 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 藹 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 葛.

Japanese words with 藹

  • 藹々あいあい harmonious; peaceful; congenial

Characters sharing the phonetic 謁

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

靄

Other hanja read “애”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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