Hanja Analyzer
杳

杳 — myo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아득할 묘
Romanization
myo
English
obscure, dark, mysterious, deep
Mandarin
yǎo
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
くら.い はるか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
木 (75, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6773

Parts that make up 杳

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때

How 杳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 杳 as a ideographic compound involving 木, 日.

Korean example words with 杳

  • 묘호하다杳乎 Korean gloss: 깊고 넓다.
  • 묘묘하다杳杳 Korean gloss: 멀어서 아득하다.
  • 묘명杳冥 Korean gloss: ‘묘명하다’의 어근.
  • 묘연杳然 Korean gloss: ‘묘연하다’의 어근.
  • 묘연히杳然히 Korean gloss: 소식이나 행방 따위를 알 길이 없게
  • 묘묘히杳杳히 Korean gloss: 멀어서 아득하게.

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

Japanese words with 杳

  • 杳よう dark; not understood; unknown
  • 杳としてようとして utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever

Other hanja read “묘”

Other hanja with radical 木

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