Hanja Analyzer
吁

吁 — u, yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
탄식할 우, 부를 유
Romanization
u, yu
English
interjection 'Alas!'; to sigh
Mandarin
xū
Japanese on'yomi
ク, ウ, キョ, コ
Japanese kun'yomi
ああ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
6
Radical
口 (30, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
于(우)
Unicode
U+5401

Parts that make up 吁

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 于 어조사 우sound 옛 관악기 또는 내쉬는 숨‘우·오’ 계열의 소리

How 吁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 吁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 于.

Characters sharing the phonetic 于

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 “우” in Korean.

宇 杅 汙 玗 盂 盱 竽 紆 芋 訏

Other hanja read “우”

于 亏 亴 佑 俁 偊 偶 優 又 友 右 吘 吽 噢 噳 嚘 堣 宇 寓 尤 嵎 庽 愚 憂 懮 旴 杅 楀 牛 玗 瑀 疣 盂 盱 祐 禑 禹 竽 紆 羽 耦 耰 芋 藕 虞 訏 訧 謣 踽 迂 遇 郵 釪 鍝 隅 雨 雩 麀 麌 齲

Other hanja with radical 口

口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 号 司 叺 吃 各 吅 吆 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吕 吘 吚 君 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 否 吧 吨 吩 吪 含 听 吭 吮 启 吱 吲 吳

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