Hanja Analyzer
哄

哄 — hong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
떠들썩할 홍
Romanization
hong
English
coax; beguile, cheat, deceive
Mandarin
hōng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, キョウ, グ, ク
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
口 (30, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
共
Unicode
U+54C4

Parts that make up 哄

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 共 한가지 공sound 두 손으로 함께 받든 것함께하는 일. ‘공’ 계열의 소리

How 哄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 哄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 共.

Korean example words with 哄

  • 홍소哄笑 Korean gloss: 입을 크게 벌리고 웃거나 떠들썩하게 웃음. 또는 그 웃음
  • 홍연哄然 Korean gloss: 큰 웃음을 터뜨리는 모양.
  • 홍동하다哄動 Korean gloss: 여러 사람이 지껄이며 떠들다.
  • 홍연대소하다哄然大笑 Korean gloss: 크게 껄껄 웃다.
  • 홍소발작哄笑發作 Korean gloss: 어울리는 감정이 없이 무의식적으로 낄낄대거나 웃음을 터뜨리는 것을 특징으로 하는 발작.

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

Japanese words with 哄

  • 哄笑こうしょう loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
  • 哄然こうぜん (laugh) broadly; (laugh) loudly

Characters sharing the phonetic 共

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

Other hanja read “홍”

Other hanja with radical 口

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