Hanja Analyzer
搆

搆 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
얽을 구
Romanization
gu
English
pull, drag; reach; implicate
Mandarin
gòu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
かまえる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
手 (64, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冓(구)
Unicode
U+6406

Parts that make up 搆

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 冓 재목 어긋매겨 쌓을 구sound 입을 맞댄 물고기 둘‘구·강’ 계열의 소리

How 搆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 搆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 冓.

Characters sharing the phonetic 冓

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 手

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