Hanja Analyzer
覬

覬 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바랄 기
Romanization
gi
English
covet, long for, desire
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
キ
Japanese kun'yomi
のぞむ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
見 (147, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
豈
Unicode
U+89AC

Parts that make up 覬

  • 豈 어찌 기, 승전악 개sound 장식을 얹은 북‘기·개’ 계열의 소리
  • 見 볼 견, 뵈올 현 사람 위에 얹힌 눈보고 나타나는 일

How 覬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 覬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豈, 見.

Japanese words with 覬

  • 覬覦きゆ covetousness

Characters sharing the phonetic 豈

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

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 見

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