Hanja Analyzer
匈

匈 — hyung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
오랑캐 흉
Romanization
hyung
English
breast, chest, thorax; clamor; the Hsiung Nu 'Huns'
Mandarin
xiōng
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ク
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
6
Radical
勹 (20, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
凶(흉)
Unicode
U+5308

Parts that make up 匈

  • 勹 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 凶 흉할 흉sound 구덩이에 엇갈린 표흉하다. ‘흉’ 계열의 소리

How 匈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 匈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 勹, 凶.

Korean example words with 匈

  • 흉노匈奴 Korean gloss: 중국의 이민족인 오호(五胡) 가운데 진(秦)나라ㆍ한(漢)나라 때에 몽골 고원에서 활약하던 기마 민족. 기원전 3세기 말에, 묵
  • 흉노묵돌匈奴冒頓 Korean gloss: 묵돌 선우(冒頓單于)를 흉노로서 이르는 이름.

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

Japanese words with 匈

  • 匈きょう Hungary
  • 匈奴きょうど Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)

Characters sharing the phonetic 凶

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 “흉” in Korean.

兇 忷 訩 酗

Other hanja read “흉”

兇 凶 哅 忷 恟 洶 胷 胸 訩

Other hanja with radical 勹

勹 勺 勻 勼 勽 勾 勿 匀 匁 匂 匃 匄 包 匆 匉 匊 匋 匌 匍 匎 匏 匐 匑 匒 匓

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