Hanja Analyzer
句

句 — gu, gwi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
글귀 구, 글귀 귀
Romanization
gu, gwi
English
sentence
Mandarin
jù
Japanese on'yomi
ク, コウ, グ, キュウ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,244 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
口 (30, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+53E5

Parts that make up 句

  • 勹 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍

How 句 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 句 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 丩, 口.

Korean example words with 句

  • 시구詩句 Korean gloss: 시의 구절
  • 어구語句 Korean gloss: 말의 마디나 구절
  • 구점句點 Korean gloss: 구절 끝에 찍는 점
  • 탈구脫句 Korean gloss: 글 중에서 빠진 글귀
  • 언구言句 Korean gloss: 말의 구절. 또는 그 말
  • 결구結句 Korean gloss: 문장, 편지 따위의 끝을 맺는 글귀
  • 미구美句 Korean gloss: 아름다운 말로 듣기 좋게 꾸민 글귀
  • 일구一句 Korean gloss: 성구(成句), 문장 따위의 단락에서의 한 구
  • 금구禁句 Korean gloss: 남의 감정을 해칠 우려가 있어 말하기를 피하는 어구
  • 시구절詩句節 Korean gloss: 시의 구절
  • 글귀글句 Korean gloss: 글의 구나 절
  • 상용구常用句 Korean gloss: 일상적으로 널리 쓰는 구절

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

Japanese words with 句

  • 俳句はいく haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
  • 文句もんく complaint; grumbling; objection
  • 句く section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage
  • 句集くしゅう collection of haiku poems
  • 絶句ぜっく being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
  • 字句じく wording; words and phrases; way of expression
  • 一句いっく phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
  • 句会くかい gathering of haiku poets
  • 語句ごく words and phrases; words
  • 決まり文句きまりもんく set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression
  • 節句せっく seasonal festival
  • 連句れんく linked verse; couplet; renku

Characters sharing the phonetic 句

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 口

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences