Hanja Analyzer
踝

踝 — gwa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
복사뼈 과
Romanization
gwa
English
ankle
Mandarin
huái
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
くるぶし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
足 (157, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
果(과)
Unicode
U+8E1D

Parts that make up 踝

  • 足 발 족, 지날 주 무릎 아래 발발과 걷고 밟는 일
  • 果 실과 과sound 나무 위에 달린 열매열매. ‘과·라’ 계열의 소리

How 踝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 踝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 足, 果.

Japanese words with 踝

  • 踝くるぶし ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
  • 内踝うちくるぶし inner side of the ankle

Characters sharing the phonetic 果

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 “과” in Korean.

Other hanja read “과”

Other hanja with radical 足

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