Hanja Analyzer
黥

黥 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
자자(刺字)할 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals
Mandarin
qíng
Japanese on'yomi
ゲイ, ケイ, ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
いれずみ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
黑 (203, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
京
Unicode
U+9EE5

Parts that make up 黥

  • 黑 검을 흑variant of 黒 그을음이 낀 굴뚝검다. 黑 의 일본 신자체
  • 京 서울 경sound 언덕 위에 세운 높은 집서울. ‘경·량’ 계열의 소리

How 黥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 黥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 黑, 京.

Japanese words with 黥

  • 黥げい tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
  • 黥くめさく to tattoo a criminal around the eye (form of punishment in ancient Japan)
  • 黥首げいしゅ tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)
  • 黥面げいめん face tattoo; facial tattoo

Characters sharing the phonetic 京

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

倞 凉 剠 勍 掠 景 涼 諒 鯨

Other hanja read “경”

京 亰 俓 倞 傾 儆 冂 冏 剄 剠 勁 勍 卿 哽 囧 坰 境 庚 径 徑 惸 慶 憬 憼 扃 擎 敬 景 暻 更 梗 檠 涇 炅 焭 煢 熲 牼 璟 璥 瓊 甽 畊 痙 睘 硬 磬 竟 競 竸 絅 経 綆 經 罄 耕 耿 脛 莖 褧

Other hanja with radical 黑

墨 黑 黒 黔 黖 默 黚 黛 黜 黝 點 黟 黠 黧 黨 黮 黯 黲 黴 黵 黶 黷

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