Hanja Analyzer
頡

頡 — gal, hil

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
긁을 갈, 밟을 갈, 곧은목 힐
Romanization
gal, hil
English
fly upward, soar; contest; to rob
Mandarin
xié
Japanese on'yomi
キツ, ケツ, ゲチ, カツ, ケチ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
頁 (181, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
吉
Unicode
U+9821

Parts that make up 頡

  • 吉 길할 길sound 제기 위에 무엇을 얹은 모양좋은 일. ‘길·결’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 頡 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頡 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 吉, 頁.

Japanese words with 頡

  • 頡頏けっこう rising and falling (of a bird); rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy
  • 倉頡そうけつ Cangjie (input method for Chinese)
  • 倉頡輸入法そうけつゆにゅうほう Cangjie input method (for Chinese)

Characters sharing the phonetic 吉

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

Other hanja read “갈”

Other hanja with radical 頁

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