Hanja Analyzer
某

某 — mo, mae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아무 모, 매화나무 매
Romanization
mo, mae
English
certain thing or person
Mandarin
mǒu
Japanese on'yomi
ボウ, バイ, モ, メ
Japanese kun'yomi
それがし なにがし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,106 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
木 (75, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+67D0

Parts that make up 某

  • 甘 달 감 입에 문 것달다와 맛보는 일
  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물

How 某 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 某 as a ideographic compound involving 木, 甘.

Korean example words with 某

  • 모건某件 Korean gloss: 어떤 일
  • 모월某月 Korean gloss: 아무 달
  • 모일某日 Korean gloss: 아무 날
  • 모관某官 Korean gloss: 어떠한 벼슬
  • 모종某種 Korean gloss: 어떠한 종류
  • 모년某年 Korean gloss: 아무 해. 또는 어떤 해
  • 모교某校 Korean gloss: 아무 학교. 또는 어떤 학교
  • 모처某處 Korean gloss: 밝히기 어렵거나 확실하지 않은 어느 곳
  • 모모某某 Korean gloss: 어떤 사물을 한정하지 않고 이를 때 쓰는 말
  • 모수某數 Korean gloss: 어떤 수.
  • 모지某地 Korean gloss: 어느 땅.
  • 모측某側 Korean gloss: 아무 곳.

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

Japanese words with 某

  • 某ぼう certain; one; I
  • 某国ぼうこく certain country
  • 某氏ぼうし a certain person; unnamed person; Mr. So-and-so
  • 某所ぼうしょ certain place
  • 某日ぼうじつ certain day
  • 某々ぼうぼう so-and-so
  • 某月ぼうげつ a certain month
  • 某誌ぼうし a certain publication
  • 某省ぼうしょう a certain ministry; an unspecified ministry
  • 某社ぼうしゃ certain company; unnamed company
  • 何の某なんのなにがし certain person; certain amount

Characters sharing the phonetic 某

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 “매” in Korean.

Other hanja read “모”

Other hanja with radical 木

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