磋
磋 — cha
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 갈[磨] 차
- Romanization
- cha
- English
- polish, buff; scrutinize
- Mandarin
- cuō
- Japanese on'yomi
- サ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- みが.く
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 石 (112, 10 residual)
- Unicode
- U+78CB
Words written with 磋
- 절차하다切磋 학문과 덕행을 닦다. 옥이나 돌을 갈고닦는다는 뜻에서 나온 말이다.
- 절차탁마하다切磋琢磨 부지런히 학문과 덕행을 닦다. 옥이나 돌 따위를 갈고 닦아서 빛을 낸다는 뜻에서 나온 말로, ≪시경≫의 <위풍(衛風)> <기오
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 磋
- 切磋琢磨せっさたくま diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve)
- 切磋せっさ working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study)
Japanese data from EDRDG KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0)