Hanja Analyzer
歌

歌 — ga

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노래 가
Romanization
ga
English
song, lyrics; sing, chant; praise
Mandarin
gē
Japanese on'yomi
カ
Japanese kun'yomi
うた うた.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#519 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
欠 (76, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
哥(가)
Unicode
U+6B4C

How 歌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 歌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 哥, 欠.

Korean example words with 歌

  • 무가巫歌 Korean gloss: 무당의 노래
  • 호가胡歌 Korean gloss: 오랑캐의 노래
  • 가성歌聲 Korean gloss: 노래를 부르는 소리
  • 비가悲歌 Korean gloss: 슬프고 애잔한 노래
  • 송가頌歌 Korean gloss: 공덕을 기리는 노래
  • 가단歌壇 Korean gloss: 노래하는 사람의 모임
  • 가집歌集 Korean gloss: 시가를 모아 엮은 책
  • 조가弔歌 Korean gloss: 죽음을 슬퍼하는 노래
  • 축가祝歌 Korean gloss: 축하의 뜻을 담은 노래
  • 가수歌手 Korean gloss: 노래 부르는 것이 직업인 사람
  • 답가答歌 Korean gloss: 답을 하는 뜻으로 부르는 노래
  • 가희歌姬 Korean gloss: 여자 가수를 아름답게 이르는 말

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

Japanese words with 歌

  • 歌うた song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka)
  • 歌手かしゅ singer
  • 歌舞伎かぶき kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
  • 短歌たんか tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 歌劇かげき opera
  • 歌人かじん poet (of tanka poems)
  • 歌詞かし song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
  • 歌集かしゅう collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
  • 演歌えんか enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour
  • 歌曲かきょく melody; tune; song
  • 国歌こっか national anthem
  • 和歌わか waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Characters sharing the phonetic 哥

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 “가” in Korean.

謌

Other hanja read “가”

Other hanja with radical 欠

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