Hanja Analyzer
宮

宮 — gung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
집 궁
Romanization
gung
English
palace, temple, dwelling, enclose
Mandarin
gōng
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, グウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
みや
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#367 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
宀 (40, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
呂
Unicode
U+5BAE

Parts that make up 宮

  • 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
  • 呂 성(姓)/법칙 려sound 쇳덩이 둘 또는 등뼈 마디 둘‘려’ 계열의 소리

How 宮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 宮 as a ideographic compound involving 宀, 呂.

Korean example words with 宮

  • 고궁古宮 Korean gloss: 옛 궁궐
  • 궁내宮內 Korean gloss: 대궐 안
  • 궁중宮中 Korean gloss: 대궐 안
  • 궁문宮門 Korean gloss: 대궐의 문
  • 구궁舊宮 Korean gloss: 오래된 궁전
  • 궁원宮苑 Korean gloss: 궁중의 정원
  • 적궁寂宮 Korean gloss: 적막한 궁궐
  • 궁정宮庭 Korean gloss: 궁궐 안의 마당
  • 후궁後宮 Korean gloss: 제왕(帝王)의 첩
  • 궁궐宮闕 Korean gloss: 임금이 거처하는 집
  • 궁기宮紀 Korean gloss: 궁중의 기율(紀律)
  • 궁성宮城 Korean gloss: 임금이 거처하는 집

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

Japanese words with 宮

  • 神宮じんぐう high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
  • 宮内庁くないちょう Imperial Household Agency
  • 宮殿きゅうでん palace
  • 子宮しきゅう womb; uterus
  • 宮中きゅうちゅう imperial court
  • 東宮とうぐう crown prince
  • 王宮おうきゅう royal palace
  • 宮廷きゅうてい imperial court; royal court
  • 二宮にぐう the Two Ise Shrines
  • 離宮りきゅう imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
  • 宮司ぐうじ chief priest
  • 八幡宮はちまんぐう shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine

Characters sharing the phonetic 呂

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

Other hanja read “궁”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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