Hanja Analyzer
靨

靨 — yeop

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
웃는 볼 옴쏙 들어갈 엽, 얼굴의 검은 사마귀 엽
Romanization
yeop
English
dimples
Mandarin
yè
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ, エン
Japanese kun'yomi
えくぼ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
23
Radical
面 (176, 14 residual)
Phonetic component
厭(염)
Unicode
U+9768

Parts that make up 靨

  • 厭 싫어할 염, 제사할 엽sound 벼랑 아래 눌린 모양싫다. ‘염·엽’ 계열의 소리
  • 面 낯 면 눈을 크게 그린 얼굴얼굴과 겉면

How 靨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 靨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 厭, 面.

Characters sharing the phonetic 厭

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 “염” in Korean.

Other hanja read “엽”

Other hanja with radical 面

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