Hanja Analyzer
醜

醜 — chu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
추할 추
Romanization
chu
English
ugly looking, homely; disgraceful
Mandarin
chǒu
Japanese on'yomi
シュウ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
みにく.い しこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,074 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
酉 (164, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+919C

Parts that make up 醜

  • 酉 닭 유 술 담는 항아리술과 발효, 익히는 일
  • 鬼 귀신 귀 탈을 쓴 듯한 얼굴을 한 사람귀신과 넋

How 醜 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 醜 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 鬼.

Korean example words with 醜

  • 추상醜像 Korean gloss: 더러운 형상
  • 추남醜男 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 못생긴 남자
  • 추녀醜女 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 못생긴 여자
  • 추물醜物 Korean gloss: 더럽고 지저분한 물건
  • 추문醜聞 Korean gloss: 추잡하고 좋지 못한 소문
  • 추태醜態 Korean gloss: 더럽고 지저분한 태도나 짓
  • 추명醜名 Korean gloss: 깨끗하지 못한 일로 더러운 평판이 난 이름
  • 면추免醜 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 추한 정도는 겨우 면함. 흔히 여자에게 쓰는 말이다
  • 노추하다老醜 Korean gloss: 늙고 추하다
  • 추악하다醜惡 Korean gloss: 더럽고 흉악하다
  • 추졸하다醜拙 Korean gloss: 지저분하고 졸렬하다
  • 추행하다醜行 Korean gloss: 강간이나 그와 비슷한 짓을 하다

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

Japanese words with 醜

  • 醜いみにくい ugly; unattractive; bad-looking
  • 醜態しゅうたい disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct
  • 醜聞しゅうぶん scandal
  • 醜悪しゅうあく ugly; unsightly; hideous
  • 醜女しゅうじょ ugly woman; unattractive woman; female demon
  • 醜しゅう ugliness; shame; disgrace
  • 美醜びしゅう beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
  • 醜行しゅうこう disgraceful (scandalous) conduct; shameful behavior; shameful behaviour
  • 醜名しゅうめい scandal
  • 醜状しゅうじょう disgraceful state of affairs
  • 醜業しゅうぎょう prostitution
  • 醜類しゅうるい evil-doers

Other hanja read “추”

Other hanja with radical 酉

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