Hanja Analyzer
資

資 — ja

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
재물 자
Romanization
ja
English
property; wealth; capital
Mandarin
zī
Japanese on'yomi
シ
Japanese kun'yomi
たすける とる もと
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#179 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
貝 (154, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
次(자)
Unicode
U+8CC7

Parts that make up 資

  • 次 버금 차sound 숨을 내쉬는 사람버금. ‘차·자’ 계열의 소리
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 資 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 資 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 次, 貝.

Korean example words with 資

  • 내자內資 Korean gloss: 국내의 자본
  • 자질資質 Korean gloss: 타고난 체질
  • 영자英資 Korean gloss: 매우 훌륭한 자질
  • 자격資格 Korean gloss: 일정한 신분이나 지위
  • 자량資糧 Korean gloss: 여행에 쓰는 비용과 식량
  • 자품資稟 Korean gloss: 사람의 타고난 바탕과 성품
  • 농자農資 Korean gloss: ‘농업 자본’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 민자民資 Korean gloss: ‘민간 투자’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 진자賑資 Korean gloss: 빈민을 구제하는 데 필요한 물자
  • 자재資材 Korean gloss: 무엇을 만들기 위한 기본적인 재료
  • 노자路資 Korean gloss: 먼 길을 떠나 오가는 데 드는 비용
  • 학자學資 Korean gloss: 공부하며 학문을 닦는 데에 드는 비용

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

Japanese words with 資

  • 資金しきん funds; capital
  • 投資とうし investment
  • 融資ゆうし financing; loan
  • 資産しさん property; fortune; means
  • 資料しりょう material; materials; data
  • 資格しかく qualifications; requirements; capabilities
  • 資源しげん resources
  • 資本しほん funds; capital
  • 物資ぶっし goods; materials; commodities
  • 出資しゅっし investment; contribution; financing
  • 資本主義しほんしゅぎ capitalism
  • 外資がいし foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

Characters sharing the phonetic 次

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 “자” in Korean.

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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