Hanja Analyzer
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

  • 牙 어금니 아sound 맞물린 어금니어금니. ‘아’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻏ 고을 읍variant of 邑 사람이 모여 사는 터고을과 지명. 오른쪽에서 ⻏ 로 쓴다

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

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