Hanja Analyzer
裾

裾 — geo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옷 뒷자락 거
Romanization
geo
English
lapel, border of garment; skirt
Mandarin
jū
Japanese on'yomi
キョ, コ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
すそ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,334 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
衣 (145, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
居(거)
Unicode
U+88FE

Parts that make up 裾

  • 衤 옷 의variant of 衣 여민 옷깃옷과 옷을 입는 일. 왼쪽에서 衤 로 쓴다
  • 居 살 거, 어조사 기sound 몸을 앉혀 머무는 모양머무는 일. ‘거’ 계열의 소리

How 裾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 裾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 居.

Japanese words with 裾

  • 裾すそ hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail
  • 裾野すその foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range
  • 裳裾もすそ cuff (of pants); hem (of skirt); train (of dress)
  • 山裾やますそ foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
  • 裾裏すそうら lining at the bottom of a kimono
  • 裾礁きょしょう fringing reef
  • 裾刈りすそがり trimming hair
  • 裾分けすそわけ sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
  • 裾回しすそまわし lining at the bottom of a kimono
  • 裾除けすそよけ underskirt (half-slip), worn under kimono
  • 裾模様すそもよう kimono with design on the skirt
  • 裾取りすそとり ankle pick

Characters sharing the phonetic 居

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 “거” in Korean.

Other hanja read “거”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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