Hanja Analyzer
圄

圄 — eo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옥 어
Romanization
eo
English
prison, jail
Mandarin
yǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ギョ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひとや
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
囗 (31, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
吾
Unicode
U+5704

Parts that make up 圄

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 吾 나 오sound 다섯과 입나. ‘오·어’ 계열의 소리

How 圄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 圄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囗, 吾.

Korean example words with 圄

  • 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 吾

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

唔 悟 捂 敔 晤 梧 衙 語 鼯 齬

Other hanja read “어”

仒 唹 圉 御 敔 於 淤 漁 瘀 禦 語 飫 饇 馭 魚 齬

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 囹 固 国 囿 圀 圁 圂 圃 圅 圇 圈 圉 圊 國 圌 圍 圎 圏 園 圓 圖 圗 團 圛 圜 圝

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