Hanja Analyzer
裸

裸 — ra

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
벗을 라
Romanization
ra
English
bare, nude; undress, strip
Mandarin
luǒ
Japanese on'yomi
ラ
Japanese kun'yomi
はだか
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,796 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
衣 (145, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
果(과)
Unicode
U+88F8

Parts that make up 裸

  • 衤 옷 의variant of 衣 여민 옷깃옷과 옷을 입는 일. 왼쪽에서 衤 로 쓴다
  • 果 실과 과sound 나무 위에 달린 열매열매. ‘과·라’ 계열의 소리

How 裸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 裸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 果.

Korean example words with 裸

  • 나부裸婦 Korean gloss: 벌거벗은 여자
  • 나상裸像 Korean gloss: 나체를 표현한 형상
  • 나신裸身 Korean gloss: 아무것도 입지 않은 몸
  • 나체裸體 Korean gloss: 아무것도 입지 않은 몸
  • 나지裸地 Korean gloss: 초목이 없는 발가벗은 땅
  • 반라半裸 Korean gloss: 거의 나체에 가깝게 벌거벗은 몸
  • 나목裸木 Korean gloss: 잎이 지고 가지만 앙상히 남은 나무
  • 나체상裸體像 Korean gloss: 나체를 표현한 형상
  • 나체녀裸體女 Korean gloss: 아무것도 입지 않은 여자
  • 반나체半裸體 Korean gloss: 거의 나체에 가깝게 벌거벗은 몸
  • 나대지裸垈地 Korean gloss: 지상에 건축물이나 구축물이 없는 대지
  • 나마裸馬 Korean gloss: 안장을 얹지 아니한 말.

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

Japanese words with 裸

  • 裸はだか nakedness; nudity; bareness
  • 全裸ぜんら stark naked; completely naked; nude
  • 裸眼らがん bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
  • 裸婦らふ nude woman; female nude
  • 丸裸まるはだか being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
  • 裸体らたい naked body; nudity
  • 裸足はだし barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing
  • 赤裸あかはだか stark naked; nude; bare
  • 半裸はんら half-nakedness
  • 裸馬はだかうま unsaddled horse
  • 裸虫はだかむし caterpillar (esp. hairless); person with scanty supply of clothes
  • 裸出らしゅつ exposure

Characters sharing the phonetic 果

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 “과” in Korean.

Other hanja read “라”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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