Hanja Analyzer
雎

雎 — jeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물수리 저
Romanization
jeo
English
osprey, fishhawk; hold back
Mandarin
jū
Japanese on'yomi
ショ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
隹 (172, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
且
Unicode
U+96CE

Parts that make up 雎

  • 且 또 차, 공손할 저sound 돌 제단 또는 고기를 얹는 제기주로 소리를 나타낸다
  • 隹 새 추 꽁지 짧은 새새. 鳥 와 갈라 쓰나 뜻은 같다

How 雎 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 雎 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 且, 隹.

Korean example words with 雎

  • 저구雎鳩 Korean gloss: 수릿과의 새. 몸의 길이는 51~58cm이며, 등은 어두운 갈색, 머리와 배는 흰색이고 가슴에 갈색 얼룩점이 있다. 부리가 길

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

Japanese words with 雎

  • 関雎かんしょ harmony and courtesy in a marriage

Characters sharing the phonetic 且

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

Other hanja read “저”

Other hanja with radical 隹

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