Hanja Analyzer
閣

閣 — gak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
집 각
Romanization
gak
English
chamber, pavilion; cabinet
Mandarin
gé
Japanese on'yomi
カク
Japanese kun'yomi
たかどの たな
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#444 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
門 (169, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
各
Unicode
U+95A3

Parts that make up 閣

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 各 각각 각sound 문으로 들어서는 발‘각·락·로’ 계열의 소리

How 閣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 閣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 各.

Korean example words with 閣

  • 광각廣閣 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 집
  • 개각改閣 Korean gloss: 내각을 개편함
  • 거각巨閣 Korean gloss: 크고 웅장한 집
  • 채각彩閣 Korean gloss: 아름답게 단청한 누각
  • 동각洞閣 Korean gloss: 마을 사람들이 모이는 집
  • 수각水閣 Korean gloss: 물가나 물 위에 지은 정자
  • 각하閣下 Korean gloss: 특정한 고급 관료에 대한 경칭
  • 각의閣議 Korean gloss: ‘내각 회의’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 각령閣令 Korean gloss: 도자기를 만드는 일을 맡아보던 공방
  • 각료閣僚 Korean gloss: 한 나라의 내각을 구성하는 각 장관
  • 특각特閣 Korean gloss: 특별히 이용되는 높은 급의 각(閣)
  • 종각鐘閣 Korean gloss: 큰 종을 달아 두기 위하여 지은 누각

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

Japanese words with 閣

  • 閣僚かくりょう cabinet ministers
  • 内閣ないかく cabinet (of a government); ministry
  • 閣議かくぎ cabinet meeting
  • 組閣そかく formation of a cabinet
  • 入閣にゅうかく joining the cabinet
  • 影の内閣かげのないかく shadow cabinet
  • 内閣法制局ないかくほうせいきょく Cabinet Legislation Bureau
  • 閣内かくない (inside the) Cabinet
  • 内閣官房ないかくかんぼう Cabinet Secretariat
  • 楼閣ろうかく multistoried building; castle; palace
  • 倒閣とうかく overthrow of government
  • 閣下かっか your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

Characters sharing the phonetic 各

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

Other hanja read “각”

Other hanja with radical 門

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