Hanja Analyzer
惶

惶 — hwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
두려울 황
Romanization
hwang
English
fearful, afraid, anxious, nervous
Mandarin
huáng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おそ.れる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
心 (61, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
皇(황)
Unicode
U+60F6

Parts that make up 惶

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 皇 임금 황, 엄숙할 왕sound 공작 깃을 그린 것에 王 을 더한 모양임금. ‘황’ 계열의 소리

How 惶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 惶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 皇.

Korean example words with 惶

  • 황감惶感 Korean gloss: 황송하고 감격스러움
  • 경황驚惶 Korean gloss: 놀라고 두려워 허둥지둥함
  • 당황唐惶 Korean gloss: 놀라거나 다급하여 어찌할 바를 모름
  • 비황하다悲惶 Korean gloss: 슬프고 두렵다
  • 송황하다悚惶 Korean gloss: 송구하고 황송하다
  • 황괴하다惶愧 Korean gloss: 황송하고 부끄럽다
  • 황겁하다惶怯 Korean gloss: 겁이 나서 얼떨떨하다
  • 황송하다惶悚 Korean gloss: 분에 넘쳐 고맙고도 송구하다
  • 당황히唐惶히 Korean gloss: 놀라거나 다급하여 어찌할 바를 모르게
  • 황공스럽다惶恐 Korean gloss: 보기에 위엄이나 지위 따위에 눌리어 두려운 데가 있다
  • 공황증恐惶症 Korean gloss: 뚜렷한 근거나 이유 없이 갑자기 심한 불안과 공포를 느끼는 공황 발작이 되풀이해서 일어나는 병. 공황 발작이 일어나면 심장이
  • 전황戰惶 Korean gloss: 두려워서 떪.

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

Japanese words with 惶

  • 惶遽こうきょ being afraid and panicked
  • 惶懼こうく being struck with awe
  • 恐惶きょうこう fear; dread; consternation
  • 恐惶謹言きょうこうきんげん very truly yours; very respectfully yours
  • 恐惶敬白きょうこうけいはく very truly yours; very respectfully yours

Characters sharing the phonetic 皇

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 “황” in Korean.

Other hanja read “황”

Other hanja with radical 心

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