Hanja Analyzer
隘

隘 — ae, aek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
좁을 애, 막을 액
Romanization
ae, aek
English
narrow, confined; a strategic pass
Mandarin
ài
Japanese on'yomi
アイ, ア, アク, ヤク
Japanese kun'yomi
せま.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
阜 (170, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
益
Unicode
U+9698

How 隘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 隘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 益.

Korean example words with 隘

  • 애로隘路 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 하는 데 장애가 되는 것
  • 협애하다狹隘 Korean gloss: 범위가 좁고 제한되어 있다
  • 애로점隘路點 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 하는 데 장애가 되는 점
  • 애루隘陋 Korean gloss: 비좁고 누추함.
  • 애구隘口 Korean gloss: 험하고 좁은 목.
  • 액수隘守 Korean gloss: 중요한 곳을 굳게 지킴.
  • 금애禁隘 Korean gloss: 출입이 금지되어 있는 요새 지대.
  • 애항隘巷 Korean gloss: 좁고 더러운 거리. 또는 그런 마을.
  • 령애嶺隘 Korean gloss: 두 재가 맞닿아 이루어진 험한 길목의 요충. ⇒남한 규범 표기는 ‘영애’이다.
  • 초애하다湫隘 Korean gloss: 땅이 낮고 좁다.
  • 누애陋隘 Korean gloss: ‘누애하다’의 어근.
  • 조애阻隘 Korean gloss: ‘조애하다’의 어근.

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

Japanese words with 隘

  • 隘路あいろ defile; narrow path; bottleneck
  • 狭隘きょうあい narrow; small; confined

Characters sharing the phonetic 益

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

Other hanja read “애”

Other hanja with radical 阜

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences