Hanja Analyzer
慕

慕 — mo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
그릴 모
Romanization
mo
English
long for, desire; admire
Mandarin
mù
Japanese on'yomi
ボ
Japanese kun'yomi
した.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,100 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+6155

Parts that make up 慕

  • 莫 없을 막, 저물 모 풀숲으로 해가 지는 모양저물다와 없다. ‘막·모’ 계열의 소리
  • ⺗ 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 慕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 莫, 心.

Korean example words with 慕

  • 경모景慕 Korean gloss: 우러러 사모함
  • 복모伏慕 Korean gloss: 웃어른을 공손히 사모함
  • 추모追慕 Korean gloss: 죽은 사람을 그리며 생각함
  • 연모戀慕 Korean gloss: 이성을 사랑하여 간절히 그리워함
  • 념모念慕 Korean gloss: 마음속으로 존경하거나 그리워함. ⇒남한 규범 표기는 ‘염모’이다
  • 모앙하다慕仰 Korean gloss: 우러러 그리워하다
  • 앙모하다仰慕 Korean gloss: 우러러 그리워하다
  • 애모하다愛慕 Korean gloss: 사랑하며 그리워하다
  • 존모하다尊慕 Korean gloss: 존경하여 그리워하다
  • 경모하다敬慕 Korean gloss: 깊이 존경하고 사모하다
  • 회모하다懷慕 Korean gloss: 마음속 깊이 그리워하다
  • 향모하다向慕 Korean gloss: 마음에서 우러나와 그리워하다

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

Japanese words with 慕

  • 慕うしたう to yearn for; to long for; to pine for
  • 思慕しぼ yearning; longing for; deep affection
  • 哀慕あいぼ cherish the memory of; yearn for
  • 愛慕あいぼ love; attachment; adoration
  • 欽慕きんぼ adoration; reverence; admiration
  • 敬慕けいぼ love and respect
  • 追慕ついぼ cherishing the memory of; yearning for
  • 慕情ぼじょう longing; yearning
  • 恋慕れんぼ love; attachment; tender emotions
  • 傾慕けいぼ yearning; wholehearted longing; deep adoration
  • 横恋慕よこれんぼ illicit love
  • 恋い慕うこいしたう to miss; to yearn for

Other hanja read “모”

Other hanja with radical 心

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