Hanja Analyzer
囹

囹 — ryeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옥(獄) 령
Romanization
ryeong
English
prison, enclosure
Mandarin
líng
Japanese on'yomi
レイ, リョウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
囗 (31, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
令(령)
Unicode
U+56F9

Parts that make up 囹

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 令 하여금 령sound 무릎 꿇고 명을 받는 사람시키는 일. ‘령’ 계열의 소리

How 囹 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 囹 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 令.

Korean example words with 囹

  • 영어囹圄 Korean gloss: 죄인을 가두어 두는 곳
  • 어령圄囹 Korean gloss: 죄인을 가두어 두는 곳.
  • 초만영어草滿囹圄 Korean gloss: 감옥 안에 풀이 가득 자랐다는 뜻으로, 나라를 잘 다스려 죄인이 없음을 이르는 말. ≪수서≫의 순리(循吏)편에 나오는 유광(劉

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 令

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 “령” in Korean.

伶 冷 命 岭 怜 泠 玲 笭 羚 翎 聆 苓 蛉 軨 鈴 零 領 鴒 齡

Other hanja read “령”

令 伶 另 呤 呬 姈 岭 岺 嶺 怜 昤 欞 泠 灵 玲 秢 笭 羚 翎 聆 苓 蛉 軨 逞 鈴 零 霊 靈 領 鴒 鹷 齡

Other hanja with radical 囗

囗 囙 囚 四 囝 回 囟 因 団 囤 囦 囧 囩 囪 囫 囬 园 囮 困 囱 囲 図 囶 囷 固 国 囿 圀 圁 圂 圃 圄 圅 圇 圈 圉 圊 國 圌 圍 圎 圏 園 圓 圖 圗 團 圛 圜 圝

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