Hanja Analyzer
釘

釘 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
못 정
Romanization
jeong
English
nail, spike; pursue closely
Mandarin
dīng
Japanese on'yomi
テイ, チョウ, レイ, リョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
くぎ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,496 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
金 (167, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
丁(정)
Unicode
U+91D8

Parts that make up 釘

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 丁 고무래/장정 정sound 못의 머리 또는 사람의 머리못과 단단한 것. ‘정’ 계열의 소리

How 釘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 釘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 丁.

Korean example words with 釘

  • 압정押釘 Korean gloss: 대가리가 크고 촉이 짧아서 흔히 손가락으로 눌러 박는 쇠못
  • 소정小釘 Korean gloss: 작은 못.
  • 철정鐵釘 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 못.
  • 목정木釘 Korean gloss: 나무로 만든 못.
  • 정공釘孔 Korean gloss: 편자에 뚫린 못 구멍.
  • 죽정竹釘 Korean gloss: 대를 깎아서 만든 못.
  • 관정棺釘 Korean gloss: 널을 짜는 데에 쓰는 못.
  • 절정切釘 Korean gloss: 대가리를 잘라 없앤 쇠못.
  • 척정尺釘 Korean gloss: 길이가 한 자쯤 되는 못.
  • 차정釵釘 Korean gloss: 빠지지 않게 깊이 박는 긴 못.
  • 제정蹄釘 Korean gloss: 말굽에 편자를 박을 때 쓰는 징.
  • 원정圓釘 Korean gloss: 기와못 따위로 쓰는, 몸이 둥근 못.

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

Japanese words with 釘

  • 釘くぎ nail; spike; tack
  • 裏釘うらくぎ nail sticking through
  • 釘隠くぎかくし nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
  • 木釘きくぎ wooden peg
  • 目釘めくぎ rivet on a sword hilt
  • 犬釘いぬくぎ spike; dog nail
  • 釘頭ていとう nailhead
  • 金釘かなくぎ iron nail; metal nail; scrawl
  • 角釘かくくぎ square nail; square peg
  • 鋲釘びょうくぎ rivet; tack; thumbtack
  • 竹釘たけくぎ bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
  • 釘師くぎし pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss

Characters sharing the phonetic 丁

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 “정” in Korean.

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 金

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