Hanja Analyzer
雅

雅 — a

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
맑을 아
Romanization
a
English
elegant, graceful, refined
Mandarin
yǎ
Japanese on'yomi
ガ, ア
Japanese kun'yomi
みや.び
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,192 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
隹 (172, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
牙(아)
Unicode
U+96C5

Parts that make up 雅

  • 牙 어금니 아sound 맞물린 어금니어금니. ‘아’ 계열의 소리
  • 隹 새 추 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다

How 雅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 雅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 隹, 牙.

Korean example words with 雅

  • 아치雅致 Korean gloss: 아담하고 격에 맞는 멋
  • 아취雅趣 Korean gloss: 고아한 정취. 또는 그런 취미
  • 문아文雅 Korean gloss: 시문(詩文)을 짓고 읊는 풍류의 도(道)
  • 아호雅號 Korean gloss: 문인이나 예술가 따위의 호나 별호를 높여 이르는 말
  • 단아하다端雅 Korean gloss: 단정하고 아담하다
  • 순아하다純雅 Korean gloss: 순결하고 아담하다
  • 연아하다淵雅 Korean gloss: 침착하고 고상하다
  • 유아하다幽雅 Korean gloss: 그윽하고 품위가 있다
  • 전아하다典雅 Korean gloss: 법도에 맞고 아담하다
  • 아담성雅淡性 Korean gloss: 아담한 성질이나 성품
  • 아악곡雅樂曲 Korean gloss: 아악을 연주하기 위하여 지은 곡
  • 아고雅故 Korean gloss: 옛 친구.

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

Japanese words with 雅

  • 優雅ゆうが elegant; graceful; refined
  • 雅楽ががく gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
  • 雅文がぶん elegant (literary) style
  • 雅号がごう alias; pseudonym; pen name
  • 雅致がち artistry; good taste; elegance
  • 雅みやび refinement; elegance; grace
  • 温雅おんが graceful; affable
  • 雅歌がか Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
  • 雅懐がかい aesthetic sentiment
  • 雅客がかく man of letters; man of taste; art connoisseur
  • 雅兄がけい you
  • 雅語がご elegant words; refined diction; poetic expression

Characters sharing the phonetic 牙

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 “아” in Korean.

Other hanja read “아”

Other hanja with radical 隹

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