Hanja Analyzer
觜

觜 — ja, chwi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
털뿔 자, 부리 취
Romanization
ja, chwi
English
turtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa)
Mandarin
zī
Japanese on'yomi
シ, スイ
Japanese kun'yomi
くちばし はし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
角 (148, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+89DC

Parts that make up 觜

  • 此 이 차 멈춰 선 발과 사람이것. ‘차’ 계열의 소리
  • 角 뿔 각, 사람이름 녹 짐승의 뿔뿔과 모서리

How 觜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 觜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 此, 角.

Japanese words with 觜

  • 觜し Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 觜宿とろきぼし Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 角

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