Hanja Analyzer
咏

咏 — yeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
읊을 영
Romanization
yeong
English
sing song or poem, hum, chant
Mandarin
yǒng
Japanese on'yomi
エイ, ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
よ.む うた.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Variant forms
詠
Radical
口 (30, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
永
Unicode
U+548F

Parts that make up 咏

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 永 길 영sound 갈래를 친 긴 물줄기길다. ‘영’ 계열의 소리

Characters sharing the phonetic 永

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “영”

Other hanja with radical 口

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