Hanja Analyzer
賊

賊 — jeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
도둑 적
Romanization
jeok
English
thief, traitor
Mandarin
zéi
Japanese on'yomi
ゾク, ソク
Japanese kun'yomi
そこなう
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,045 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
貝 (154, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+8CCA

Parts that make up 賊

  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다
  • 戎 병장기/오랑캐 융

How 賊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 賊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 則, 戈.

Korean example words with 賊

  • 거적巨賊 Korean gloss: 큰 도둑
  • 적선賊船 Korean gloss: 해적의 배
  • 간적奸賊 Korean gloss: 간악한 도적
  • 적굴賊窟 Korean gloss: 도둑의 소굴
  • 적당賊黨 Korean gloss: 도둑의 무리
  • 적도賊徒 Korean gloss: 도둑의 무리
  • 적패賊牌 Korean gloss: 도둑의 무리
  • 적혈賊穴 Korean gloss: 도둑의 소굴
  • 흉적凶賊 Korean gloss: 흉악한 도적
  • 적한賊漢 Korean gloss: 흉악한 도둑놈
  • 적괴賊魁 Korean gloss: 도적의 우두머리
  • 구적寇賊 Korean gloss: 나라를 침범하는 외적

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

Japanese words with 賊

  • 海賊かいぞく pirate
  • 盗賊とうぞく thief; robber; burglar
  • 海賊版かいぞくばん pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy
  • 賊ぞく thief; robber; burglar
  • 山賊さんぞく bandit; brigand
  • 烏賊イカ cuttlefish; squid
  • 巨賊きょぞく big-time bandit; big-time pirate
  • 国賊こくぞく traitor (to one's country)
  • 鼠賊そぞく petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
  • 賊軍ぞくぐん rebel army
  • 賊名ぞくめい (the stigma of) the name of "rebel"
  • 匪賊ひぞく bandit; rebel

Other hanja read “적”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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