Hanja Analyzer
有

有 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
있을 유
Romanization
yu
English
have, own, possess; exist
Mandarin
yǒu
Japanese on'yomi
ユウ, ウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あ.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#282 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
月 (74, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+6709

How 有 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 有 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 又, 肉.

Korean example words with 有

  • 기유旣有 Korean gloss: 이미 있음
  • 유모有毛 Korean gloss: 털이 있음
  • 유임有賃 Korean gloss: 값을 치름
  • 국유國有 Korean gloss: 나라의 소유
  • 유급有給 Korean gloss: 급료가 있음
  • 유무有無 Korean gloss: 있음과 없음
  • 유자有刺 Korean gloss: 가시가 있음
  • 유직有職 Korean gloss: 직업이 있음
  • 향유享有 Korean gloss: 누리어 가짐
  • 본유本有 Korean gloss: 본디부터 있음
  • 초유初有 Korean gloss: 처음으로 있음
  • 관유官有 Korean gloss: 정부나 관청의 소유

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

Japanese words with 有

  • 有効ゆうこう valid; effective; yuko (judo)
  • 有力ゆうりょく influential; prominent; leading
  • 有名ゆうめい famous; well-known
  • 有権者ゆうけんしゃ (eligible) voter; elector; constituent
  • 有ゆう existence; possession; having
  • 有利ゆうり advantageous; favourable; better
  • 保有ほゆう possession; retention; maintenance
  • 所有しょゆう possession; ownership
  • 有罪ゆうざい guilt; culpability
  • 有無うむ existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal
  • 有料ゆうりょう fee-charging; paid; not free
  • 有機ゆうき organic; organic chemistry; organic compound

Characters sharing the phonetic 有

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 月

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