Hanja Analyzer
遺

遺 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
남길 유
Romanization
yu
English
lose; articles lost; omit
Mandarin
yí
Japanese on'yomi
イ, ユイ, スイ, ズイ
Japanese kun'yomi
のこ.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#647 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
辵 (162, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
貴
Unicode
U+907A

Parts that make up 遺

  • 貴 귀할 귀sound 두 손으로 받쳐 든 재물귀하다. ‘궤·귀’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 遺 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 遺 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 貴.

Korean example words with 遺

  • 유시遺屍 Korean gloss: 버려진 시체
  • 유조遺詔 Korean gloss: 임금의 유언
  • 유문遺文 Korean gloss: 생전에 남긴 글
  • 유서遺書 Korean gloss: 유언을 적은 글
  • 유령遺靈 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 혼령
  • 유발遺髮 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 머리털
  • 유영遺影 Korean gloss: 고인의 초상이나 사진
  • 유족遺族 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람의 남은 가족
  • 유탁遺託 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람이 남긴 부탁
  • 유폐遺弊 Korean gloss: 예전부터 내려오는 폐단
  • 유훈遺訓 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람이 남긴 훈계
  • 유루遺漏 Korean gloss: 빠져 나가거나 새어 나감

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

Japanese words with 遺

  • 遺体いたい (dead) body; corpse; remains
  • 遺族いぞく bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
  • 遺跡いせき (archeological) remains; ruins; relics
  • 遺伝子いでんし gene
  • 遺憾いかん regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable
  • 遺産いさん inheritance; bequest; legacy
  • 遺骨いこつ cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
  • 後遺症こういしょう prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
  • 遺棄いき abandonment; desertion
  • 遺伝いでん heredity; (genetic) inheritance
  • 遺志いし wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
  • 遺児いじ orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child

Characters sharing the phonetic 貴

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

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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