Hanja Analyzer
嫗

嫗 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
할미 구
Romanization
gu
English
old woman, hag
Mandarin
yù
Japanese on'yomi
ウ, ヨ, オ, コウ, ク, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あたた.める おうな
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
女 (38, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
區(구)
Unicode
U+5AD7

Parts that make up 嫗

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 區 구분할/지경 구, 경계 우sound 칸을 나눠 담은 상자나눈 구역. ‘구·우’ 계열의 소리

How 嫗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嫗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 區.

Japanese words with 嫗

  • 嫗おうな elderly woman

Characters sharing the phonetic 區

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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