Hanja Analyzer
螺

螺 — ra

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
소라 라
Romanization
ra
English
spiral shell; conch; spiral
Mandarin
luó
Japanese on'yomi
ラ
Japanese kun'yomi
にし にな
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
17
Radical
虫 (142, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
累
Unicode
U+87BA

Parts that make up 螺

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 累 여러/자주 루sound 실을 겹겹이 쌓은 모양포개다. ‘루’ 계열의 소리

How 螺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 螺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 累.

Korean example words with 螺

  • 나선螺旋 Korean gloss: 모양이 소라 껍데기처럼 한 방향으로 빙빙 돌면서 비틀어진 것
  • 나사螺絲 Korean gloss: 소라의 껍데기처럼 빙빙 비틀리어 고랑이 진 물건. 물건을 고정시키는 데에 쓴다
  • 나선형螺旋形 Korean gloss: 소라의 껍데기처럼 빙빙 비틀려 돌아간 모양
  • 나사식螺絲式 Korean gloss: 소라의 껍데기처럼 빙빙 비틀리어 고랑이 진 형식
  • 나선식螺旋式 Korean gloss: 소라의 껍데기처럼 빙빙 비틀려 돌아간 모양으로 된 형식
  • 나배螺杯 Korean gloss: 소라 껍데기로 만든 잔.
  • 명라鳴螺 Korean gloss: 소라로 만든 악기를 붊.
  • 취라吹螺 Korean gloss: 소라 따위로 만든 나팔.
  • 나선螺線 Korean gloss: 공간에서의 나사 모양의 곡선.
  • 나계螺階 Korean gloss: ‘나선 계단’을 줄여 이르는 말.
  • 전라鈿螺 Korean gloss: 자개를 박은 것. 또는 그 자개.
  • 청라靑螺 Korean gloss: 푸른 산을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 螺

  • 螺旋らせん spiral; helix; screw
  • 螺にし small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
  • 螺子ネジ screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
  • 栄螺さざえ turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
  • 細螺きさご Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
  • 螺鈿らでん nacre; mother of pearl
  • 法螺ほら boasting; bragging; big talk
  • 田螺たにし pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
  • 赤螺あかにし veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
  • 螺線らせん helix; spiral
  • 長螺ながにし perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)
  • 疣螺いぼにし Thais clavigera (species of rock shell)

Characters sharing the phonetic 累

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

Other hanja read “라”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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