Hanja Analyzer
豺

豺 — si

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
승냥이 시
Romanization
si
English
wolf; cruel, wicked, mean
Mandarin
chái
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, ザイ
Japanese kun'yomi
やまいぬ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
豸 (153, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
才
Unicode
U+8C7A

Parts that make up 豺

  • 豸 발 없는 벌레 치, 풀 치, 해치양 치 등을 세운 짐승발 없는 벌레와 등이 긴 짐승
  • 才 재주 재sound 뾰족한 말뚝‘재·존’ 계열의 소리

How 豺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 豺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豸, 才.

Korean example words with 豺

  • 시피豺皮 Korean gloss: 승냥이의 가죽.
  • 시랑豺狼 Korean gloss: 승냥이와 이리를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 시호豺狐 Korean gloss: 승냥이와 여우를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 시호豺虎 Korean gloss: 승냥이와 호랑이를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 시호굴豺狐窟 Korean gloss: 승냥이와 여우가 사는 굴.
  • 봉목시성蜂目豺聲 Korean gloss: 벌과 같은 눈과 승냥이 같은 목소리라는 뜻으로, 흉악한 인상을 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 豺

  • 豺狼さいろう wolf; rapacious person; merciless and greedy person

Characters sharing the phonetic 才

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

在 材 財 鼒

Other hanja read “시”

乨 侍 偲 兕 凘 匙 卶 厮 咶 啻 嘶 塒 始 媤 尸 屍 屎 市 廝 弑 弒 恃 施 是 時 枲 枾 柴 柹 柿 澌 猜 矢 示 緦 翅 翤 蒔 蓍 視 試 詩 諟 諡 諰 豉 豕 釃 鍉 顋 鰣 鳲

Other hanja with radical 豸

豸 豹 貂 貃 貅 貆 貉 貊 貌 貍 貓 貔 貘

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