Hanja Analyzer
朽

朽 — hu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
썩을 후
Romanization
hu
English
decayed, rotten; rot, decay
Mandarin
xiǔ
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
く.ちる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,891 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
木 (75, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
丂
Unicode
U+673D

Parts that make up 朽

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 丂 교묘할 교sound 도끼 자루 또는 지팡이‘고·교’ 계열의 소리

How 朽 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 朽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 丂.

Korean example words with 朽

  • 약후若朽 Korean gloss: 젊어서 한창 일할 때임에도 쓸모가 없음. 또는 그런 사람
  • 불후不朽 Korean gloss: 썩지 아니함이라는 뜻으로, 영원토록 변하거나 없어지지 아니함을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 노후하다老朽 Korean gloss: 제구실을 하지 못할 정도로 오래되고 낡다
  • 노후관老朽管 Korean gloss: 오래된 수도관
  • 내후성耐朽性 Korean gloss: 잘 썩지 않는 성질
  • 불후작不朽作 Korean gloss: 영원히 빛날 훌륭한 작품
  • 노후도老朽度 Korean gloss: 오래되고 낡아 제구실을 하지 못하는 정도
  • 노후성老朽性 Korean gloss: 오래되고 낡아 제구실을 하지 못하는 성질
  • 로후함老朽艦 Korean gloss: 시설이 낡고 성능도 좋지 못한 구식 함선. ⇒남한 규범 표기는 ‘노후함’이다
  • 후골朽骨 Korean gloss: 썩은 뼈.
  • 후목朽木 Korean gloss: 썩은 나무.
  • 후삭朽索 Korean gloss: 썩은 밧줄.

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

Japanese words with 朽

  • 老朽ろうきゅう infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility
  • 不朽ふきゅう everlasting; immortal; eternal
  • 腐朽ふきゅう decay; deterioration; rot
  • 朽廃きゅうはい decay; dilapidation
  • 朽壊きゅうかい rotting and crumbling
  • 若朽じゃっきゅう being young yet unambitious; being young but lacking spirit
  • 朽ちるくちる to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity
  • 朽ち葉くちば decayed leaves; russet; tawny
  • 朽ち木くちき decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood
  • 老朽化ろうきゅうか deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
  • 黄朽葉きくちば reddish-yellow (colour); russet
  • 青朽葉あおくちば bluish russet

Characters sharing the phonetic 丂

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

Other hanja read “후”

Other hanja with radical 木

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