Hanja Analyzer
馗

馗 — gyu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아홉거리 규
Romanization
gyu
English
cheekbone; path, road; intersection
Mandarin
kuí
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ, キュウ, グ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
首 (185, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
九
Unicode
U+9997

Parts that make up 馗

  • 九 아홉 구, 모을 규sound 굽혔다 편 팔아홉. ‘구’ 계열의 소리
  • 首 머리 수 머리털이 난 머리머리와 첫머리. ‘수’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 馗

  • 鍾馗しょうき Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui; traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons
  • 鍾馗蘭しょうきらん Yoania japonica (species of orchid); Lycoris traubii (species of spider lily)
  • 鍾馗さんしょうきさん small statue of Shōki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses in parts of Kyoto and Nara)
  • 鍾馗水仙しょうきずいせん Lycoris traubii (species of spider lily)

Characters sharing the phonetic 九

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

久 仇 勼 厹 叴 宄 尻 旭 氿 秀 究 艽 軌 頄 鳩 鼽

Other hanja read “규”

乣 刲 叫 呌 圭 奎 嫢 嬀 巋 戣 揆 暌 楏 槻 樛 潙 珪 睽 硅 窺 竅 糺 糾 葵 虬 虯 規 赳 跬 逵 邽 閨 闚 頄 頍 騤

Other hanja with radical 首

首 馘

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