Hanja Analyzer
誅

誅 — ju

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
벨 주
Romanization
ju
English
execute, kill, put to death; punish
Mandarin
zhū
Japanese on'yomi
チュウ, チュ
Japanese kun'yomi
ちゅう.する ころ.す せ.める
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
言 (149, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
朱(주)
Unicode
U+8A85

Parts that make up 誅

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 朱 붉을 주sound 나무 속의 붉은 심붉은빛. ‘주’ 계열의 소리

How 誅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 誅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 朱.

Korean example words with 誅

  • 주륙誅戮 Korean gloss: 죄인을 죽임. 또는 죄로 몰아 죽임
  • 주찬誅竄 Korean gloss: 형벌로 죽이는 일과 귀양 보내는 일
  • 복주伏誅 Korean gloss: 형벌을 순순히 받아 죽음. 또는 형벌을 순순히 받아 죽게 함
  • 주살하다誅殺 Korean gloss: 죄를 물어 죽이다
  • 멸주滅誅 Korean gloss: 죽여 없앰.
  • 주필誅筆 Korean gloss: 나무라는 글.
  • 주이誅夷 Korean gloss: 토벌하여 평정함.
  • 귀주鬼誅 Korean gloss: 귀신이 내리는 벌.
  • 주제誅除 Korean gloss: 죄를 물어 죽여 없앰.
  • 형주刑誅 Korean gloss: 형벌로서 사형에 처함.
  • 가렴주구苛斂誅求 Korean gloss: 세금을 가혹하게 거두어들이고, 무리하게 재물을 빼앗음
  • 족주族誅 Korean gloss: 한 집안을 다 죽여 없앰. 또는 한 집안이 망하여 없어짐.

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

Japanese words with 誅

  • 誅ちゅう death penalty
  • 天誅てんちゅう heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment
  • 誅伐ちゅうばつ assailing criminals
  • 誅殺ちゅうさつ execution of a criminal
  • 筆誅ひっちゅう written denunciation
  • 誅戮ちゅうりく putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
  • 誅求ちゅうきゅう oppressive exaction (of taxes, etc.)
  • 誅滅ちゅうめつ eradication of sinful people; smiting of the wicked
  • 族誅ぞくちゅう execution of an offender's entire family as a deterrent to others (predominantly in Chinese history)
  • 誅するちゅうする to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.); to punish someone with death
  • 苛斂誅求かれんちゅうきゅう exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes

Characters sharing the phonetic 朱

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 “주” in Korean.

Other hanja read “주”

Other hanja with radical 言

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