Hanja Analyzer
隈

隈 — oe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
모퉁이 외
Romanization
oe
English
cove, bay, inlet
Mandarin
wēi
Japanese on'yomi
ワイ, エ
Japanese kun'yomi
くま すみ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,311 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
阜 (170, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
畏(외)
Unicode
U+9688

Parts that make up 隈

  • ⻖ 언덕 부variant of 阜 층진 언덕언덕과 높낮이. 왼쪽에서 ⻖ 로 쓴다
  • 畏 두려워할 외sound

Japanese words with 隈

  • 界隈かいわい neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
  • 隈なくくまなく all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
  • 隈くま corner; nook; recess
  • 藍隈あいぐま indigo blue make-up used in kabuki
  • 隈々くまぐま every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
  • 隈取りくまどり shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori
  • 隈取るくまどる to shade; to graduate; to tint
  • 阿武隈石あぶくませき abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
  • 風呂キャンセル界隈ふろキャンセルかいわい people who are too lazy to bathe or shower

Characters sharing the phonetic 畏

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 “외” in Korean.

Other hanja read “외”

Other hanja with radical 阜

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