愚 — u

Parts that make up 愚

How 愚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 愚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 禺, 心.

Korean example words with 愚

• 우자愚者 Korean gloss: 어리석은 자
• 우맹愚氓 Korean gloss: 어리석은 백성
• 우문愚問 Korean gloss: 어리석은 질문
• 우부愚夫 Korean gloss: 어리석은 남자
• 우인愚人 Korean gloss: 어리석은 사람
• 우졸愚拙 Korean gloss: 어리석고 못남
• 우중愚衆 Korean gloss: 어리석은 대중
• 우행愚行 Korean gloss: 어리석은 행동
• 중우衆愚 Korean gloss: 많은 어리석은 사람
• 우고愚稿 Korean gloss: 자기의 원고를 낮추어 이르는 말
• 우답愚答 Korean gloss: 어리석은 대답. 또는 엉뚱한 대답
• 우물愚物 Korean gloss: 어리석은 사람을 낮잡아 이르는 말

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

Japanese words with 愚

• 愚ぐ foolishness; silliness; stupidity
• 愚痴ぐち idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
• 愚かおろか foolish; stupid; silly
• 愚行ぐこう foolish act; folly
• 愚直ぐちょく simple honesty; tactless frankness
• 愚連隊ぐれんたい gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums
• 愚弄ぐろう mockery; derision; ridicule
• 暗愚あんぐ foolish; imbecile; feebleminded
• 愚挙ぐきょ foolish undertaking
• 愚妻ぐさい wife
• 愚人ぐじん fool; idiot
• 愚生ぐせい I; me

Characters sharing the phonetic 禺

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 “우” in Korean.

Other hanja read “우”

Other hanja with radical 心