Hanja Analyzer
估

估 — go

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
값 고
Romanization
go
English
merchant; estimate, guess, presume
Mandarin
gū
Japanese on'yomi
コ
Japanese kun'yomi
あきな.う あた.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
古(고)
Unicode
U+4F30

Parts that make up 估

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 古 예 고sound 방패와 입옛것. ‘고’ 계열의 소리로 자주 쓴다

How 估 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 估 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 古.

Japanese words with 估

  • 依估いこ unfairness

Characters sharing the phonetic 古

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “고” in Korean.

咕 固 姑 居 岵 怙 故 枯 沽 牯 祜 罟 胡 苦 詁 辜 酤 鈷 骷 鴣

Other hanja read “고”

侤 凅 刳 古 叩 吿 告 呱 咕 固 塙 姑 孤 尻 庫 拷 攷 故 敲 暠 杲 枯 栲 楛 槀 槁 槹 櫜 沽 熇 牯 痼 皋 皐 盬 睾 瞽 稁 稾 稿 箍 篙 糕 罛 罟 羔 羖 翱 翶 翺 考 股 胯 膏 苦 苽 菰 藁 蠱 袴

Other hanja with radical 人

人 亽 亾 什 仁 仂 仄 仆 仇 今 介 仍 从 仏 仒 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仚 仛 仝 仞 仟 仡 仢 代 令 以 仭 仮 仰 仲 仳 仵 件 价 任 份 仿 伀 企 伃 伅 伇 伈 伉 伊 伋 伍 伎 伏 伐 休 伙 会 伜 伝

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