Hanja Analyzer
誓

誓 — seo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
맹세할 서
Romanization
seo
English
swear, pledge; oath
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ゼイ, エイ, セツ, ゼチ
Japanese kun'yomi
ちか.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,567 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
言 (149, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
折
Unicode
U+8A93

Parts that make up 誓

  • 折 꺾을 절, 천천히 할 제sound 도끼로 끊은 나무꺾는 일. ‘절·서’ 계열의 소리
  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일

How 誓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 誓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 折, 言.

Korean example words with 誓

  • 서약誓約 Korean gloss: 맹세하고 약속함
  • 선서문宣誓文 Korean gloss: 선서의 내용을 적은 글
  • 서약서誓約書 Korean gloss: 서약하는 글. 또는 그런 문서
  • 선서식宣誓式 Korean gloss: 공무원이 어떤 직위에 취임할 때에, 법령을 성실하게 준수하고 공무를 공정하게 집행할 것을 맹세하는 의식
  • 서사誓詞 Korean gloss: 맹세하는 말.
  • 서언誓言 Korean gloss: 맹세하는 말.
  • 서의誓意 Korean gloss: 서약하는 마음.
  • 맹서盟誓 Korean gloss: ‘맹세’의 원말.
  • 서령誓令 Korean gloss: 다짐해 두는 명령.
  • 홍서弘誓 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 서원(誓願).
  • 서문誓文 Korean gloss: 서약하는 글. 또는 그런 문서.
  • 서서誓書 Korean gloss: 서약하는 글. 또는 그런 문서.

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

Japanese words with 誓

  • 誓ってちかって surely; upon my word; by Jove
  • 宣誓せんせい oath; abjuration; pledge
  • 誓いちかい oath; vow
  • 誓約せいやく oath; vow; pledge
  • 誓約書せいやくしょ written oath; covenant; pledge
  • 誓うちかう to swear; to vow; to take an oath
  • 祈誓きせい vow; oath; pledge
  • 偽誓ぎせい perjury; false oath
  • 誓願せいがん (religious) vow; prayer (for something by making a vow)
  • 誓言せいげん oath; vow; attestation
  • 誓文せいもん written oath
  • 誓詞せいし vow; oath; pledge

Characters sharing the phonetic 折

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

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 言

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