Hanja Analyzer
魁

魁 — goe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
괴수 괴
Romanization
goe
English
chief; leader; best; monstrous
Mandarin
kuí
Japanese on'yomi
カイ
Japanese kun'yomi
さきがけ かしら
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,108 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
鬼 (194, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+9B41

Parts that make up 魁

  • 鬼 귀신 귀 탈을 쓴 듯한 얼굴을 한 사람귀신과 넋
  • 斗 말 두 자루 달린 되[升]되와 헤아리는 일

How 魁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 魁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 鬼, 斗.

Korean example words with 魁

  • 적괴賊魁 Korean gloss: 도적의 우두머리
  • 괴수魁首 Korean gloss: 못된 짓을 하는 무리의 우두머리
  • 수괴首魁 Korean gloss: 못된 짓을 하는 무리의 우두머리
  • 난괴亂魁 Korean gloss: 사회를 어지럽게 만드는 도둑 떼의 우두머리
  • 거괴하다巨魁 Korean gloss: 거물이라고 할 만하다
  • 괴위하다魁偉 Korean gloss: 체격이 장대하고 훤칠하다
  • 무괴武魁 Korean gloss: 무과의 장원.
  • 적괴敵魁 Korean gloss: 적의 우두머리.
  • 도괴盜魁 Korean gloss: 도적의 우두머리.
  • 마괴魔魁 Korean gloss: 악마의 우두머리.
  • 역괴逆魁 Korean gloss: 역적의 우두머리.
  • 협괴俠魁 Korean gloss: 협객의 우두머리.

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

Japanese words with 魁

  • 魁偉かいい brawny; muscular; impressive
  • 巨魁きょかい ringleader; chief
  • 首魁しゅかい ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
  • 花魁おいらん oiran; highest-ranking courtesan; prostitute
  • 魁星かいせい first star of the Big Dipper; top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China)
  • 花魁道中おいらんどうちゅう procession of oiran through a red-light district (e.g. to meet a regular client; during the Edo period)
  • 容貌魁偉ようぼうかいい (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique

Other hanja read “괴”

乖 傀 儈 凷 嘳 塊 壞 媿 廥 怪 恠 愧 拐 槐 瑰 璝 蒯 蕢 襘

Other hanja with radical 鬼

鬼 魂 魃 魄 魅 魈 魋 魍 魎 魏 魑 魔 魗 魘

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