邪
邪 — sa, ya
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 간사할 사, 의문의 어조사 야
- Romanization
- sa, ya
- English
- wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
- Mandarin
- xié
- Japanese on'yomi
- ジャ, ヤ, シャ, ヨ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- よこし.ま
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,612 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 邑 (163, 4 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 牙(아)
- Unicode
- U+90AA
Parts that make up 邪
How 邪 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 邪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 牙, 邑.
Korean example words with 邪
- 사의邪議 Korean gloss: 부정한 의논
- 사악邪惡 Korean gloss: 간사하고 악함
- 잡사雜邪 Korean gloss: 잡스러운 사귀
- 충사忠邪 Korean gloss: 충직함과 간사함
- 척사斥邪 Korean gloss: 사악한 것을 물리침
- 사기邪氣 Korean gloss: 요사스럽고 나쁜 기운
- 사첨邪諂 Korean gloss: 올바르지 못하게 아첨함
- 사행邪行 Korean gloss: 간악하고 옳지 못한 행동
- 사념邪念 Korean gloss: 올바르지 못한 그릇된 생각
- 사정邪正 Korean gloss: 그릇됨과 올바름을 아울러 이르는 말
- 주사酒邪 Korean gloss: 술 마신 뒤에 버릇으로 하는 못된 언행
- 사견邪見 Korean gloss: 올바르지 못하고 요사스러운 생각이나 의견
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 邪
- 風邪かぜ (common) cold; influenza; flu
- 邪魔じゃま hindrance; obstacle; nuisance
- 邪よこしま wicked; evil; wrong
- 無邪気むじゃき innocent; childlike; sweet and innocent
- 邪道じゃどう improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method
- 風邪薬かぜぐすり remedy for a cold; cold medicine
- 邪悪じゃあく wicked; evil
- 邪険じゃけん cruel; hard-hearted; harsh
- 風邪気かぜけ slight cold
- 風邪をひくかぜをひく to catch a cold
- お邪魔しますおじゃまします please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
- 邪鬼じゃき devil; imp; evil spirit
Characters sharing the phonetic 牙
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 “아” in Korean.
Other hanja read “사”
Other hanja with radical 邑
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences