Hanja Analyzer
媾

媾 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겹혼인/화친할 구
Romanization
gu
English
marry; be on friendly terms with
Mandarin
gòu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
よしみ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
女 (38, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冓(구)
Unicode
U+5ABE

Parts that make up 媾

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 冓 재목 어긋매겨 쌓을 구sound 입을 맞댄 물고기 둘‘구·강’ 계열의 소리

How 媾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 媾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 冓.

Japanese words with 媾

  • 交媾こうこう sexual union

Characters sharing the phonetic 冓

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 女

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