Hanja Analyzer
貘

貘 — maek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
짐승 이름 맥
Romanization
maek
English
tapir
Mandarin
mò
Japanese on'yomi
バク, ミャク
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
豸 (153, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+8C98

Parts that make up 貘

  • 豸 발 없는 벌레 치, 풀 치, 해치양 치 등을 세운 짐승발 없는 벌레와 등이 긴 짐승
  • 莫 없을 막, 저물 모 풀숲으로 해가 지는 모양저물다와 없다. ‘막·모’ 계열의 소리

How 貘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 貘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豸, 莫.

Japanese words with 貘

  • アメリカ貘アメリカばく Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris); lowland tapir

Other hanja read “맥”

脈 脉 貃 貉 貊 陌 霢 驀 麥 麦

Other hanja with radical 豸

豸 豹 豺 貂 貃 貅 貆 貉 貊 貌 貍 貓 貔

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