Hanja Analyzer
廟

廟 — myo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
사당 묘
Romanization
myo
English
temple, shrine; imperial court
Mandarin
miào
Japanese on'yomi
ビョウ, ミョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たまや みたまや やしろ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,101 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
广 (53, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
朝(조)
Unicode
U+5EDF

Parts that make up 廟

  • 广 바윗집 엄 한쪽 벽에 기댄 지붕집과 건물
  • 朝 아침 조sound 풀숲에 해가 오르고 달이 남은 모양아침. ‘조’ 계열의 소리

How 廟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 廟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 广, 朝.

Korean example words with 廟

  • 가묘家廟 Korean gloss: 한 집안의 사당(祠堂)
  • 묘관廟官 Korean gloss: 종묘를 관리하는 벼슬아치
  • 묘단廟壇 Korean gloss: 묘 앞에 두둑하게 높이 쌓은 단
  • 친묘親廟 Korean gloss: 임금이 4대 조상의 신위를 위하여 둔 사당
  • 고묘告廟 Korean gloss: 나라나 왕실 또는 집안에 큰일이 있을 때에, 이를 종묘나 사당에 고하던 일
  • 알묘하다謁廟 Korean gloss: 종묘나 사당에 배알하다
  • 묘천하다廟薦 Korean gloss: 의정부에서 어떤 사안이나 사람을 추천하다
  • 고묘古廟 Korean gloss: 오래된 사당.
  • 묘궁廟宮 Korean gloss: 공자의 사당.
  • 묘비廟碑 Korean gloss: 사당의 비석.
  • 제묘帝廟 Korean gloss: 천자의 사당.
  • 묘우廟宇 Korean gloss: 신위를 모신 집.

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

Japanese words with 廟

  • 廟びょう mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
  • 古廟こびょう old shrine
  • 帝廟ていびょう imperial mausoleum
  • 宗廟そうびょう ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
  • 祖廟そびょう mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
  • 霊廟れいびょう mausoleum
  • 聖廟せいびょう Confucian temple
  • 廟堂びょうどう mausoleum; imperial court
  • 廟号びょうごう temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty); name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)
  • 御廟ごびょう mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
  • 廟宇びょうう mausoleum; (Shinto) shrine
  • 廟議びょうぎ court council; privy council

Characters sharing the phonetic 朝

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 “조” in Korean.

Other hanja read “묘”

Other hanja with radical 广

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