Hanja Analyzer
袖

袖 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
소매 수
Romanization
su
English
sleeve; put something in sleeve
Mandarin
xiù
Japanese on'yomi
シュウ, ジュ
Japanese kun'yomi
そで
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,960 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
衣 (145, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
由
Unicode
U+8896

Parts that make up 袖

  • 衤 옷 의variant of 衣 여민 옷깃옷과 옷을 입는 일. 왼쪽에서 衤 로 쓴다
  • 由 말미암을 유sound 돋아나는 싹 또는 유자 열매말미암다. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 袖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 袖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 由.

Korean example words with 袖

  • 영수領袖 Korean gloss: 여러 사람 가운데 우두머리
  • 광수포廣袖布 Korean gloss: 소매 폭이 넓은 두루마기나 철릭 따위를 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 단수短袖 Korean gloss: 짧은 소매.
  • 수리袖裏 Korean gloss: 소매의 속.
  • 수수袖手 Korean gloss: 팔짱을 낌.
  • 의수衣袖 Korean gloss: 옷의 소매.
  • 착수窄袖 Korean gloss: 좁은 소매.
  • 개수鎧袖 Korean gloss: 갑옷의 소매.
  • 광수廣袖 Korean gloss: 통이 넓은 소매.
  • 수구袖口 Korean gloss: 옷소매의 아가리.
  • 투수套袖 Korean gloss: ‘토시’의 원말.
  • 활수闊袖 Korean gloss: 통이 넓은 소매.

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

Japanese words with 袖

  • 領袖りょうしゅう leader; chief; boss
  • 袖そで sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
  • 小袖こそで short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
  • 長袖ながそで long sleeves
  • 半袖はんそで short sleeves
  • 袖口そでぐち cuff; armhole
  • 平袖ひらそで wide sleeve
  • 両袖りょうそで both sleeves
  • 袖付そでつけ attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
  • 筒袖つつそで tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)
  • 袖丈そでたけ length of a sleeve (of Western clothing); height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
  • 袖垣そでがき low fence flanking a gate or entrance

Characters sharing the phonetic 由

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

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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