Hanja Analyzer
塢

塢 — o

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
산언덕 오
Romanization
o
English
entrenchment, bank, low wall
Mandarin
wù
Japanese on'yomi
オ, ウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
土 (32, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
烏(오)
Unicode
U+5862

Parts that make up 塢

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 烏 까마귀 오sound 눈이 드러나지 않는 까마귀까마귀. ‘오’ 계열의 소리

How 塢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 塢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 烏.

Korean example words with 塢

  • 오벽塢壁 Korean gloss: 중국 한나라 때, 군사적 목적이나 민중들의 자구 수단으로 세웠던 요새나 방벽을 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 烏

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 “오” in Korean.

Other hanja read “오”

Other hanja with radical 土

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