Hanja Analyzer
咐

咐 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
분부할/불[吹] 부
Romanization
bu
English
instruct, order
Mandarin
fù
Japanese on'yomi
フ, ホ, ブ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
口 (30, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
付(부)
Unicode
U+5490

Parts that make up 咐

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 付 부칠 부sound 손으로 건네주는 모양‘부’ 계열의 소리

How 咐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 咐 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 付.

Korean example words with 咐

  • 분부吩咐 Korean gloss: 윗사람이 아랫사람에게 명령이나 지시를 내림. 또는 그 명령이나 지시
  • 부촉하다咐囑 Korean gloss: 부탁하여 맡기다
  • 엄분부嚴吩咐 Korean gloss: 엄한 분부

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 付

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 “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 口

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