Hanja Analyzer
武

武 — mu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
호반 무
Romanization
mu
English
military; martial, warlike
Mandarin
wǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ブ, ム
Japanese kun'yomi
たけ たけ.し
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#387 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
止 (77, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6B66

How 武 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 武 as a ideographic compound involving 戈, 止.

Korean example words with 武

  • 무력武力 Korean gloss: 군사상의 힘
  • 무위武威 Korean gloss: 무력의 위세
  • 무직武職 Korean gloss: 무관의 벼슬
  • 무공武功 Korean gloss: 군사상의 공적
  • 무략武略 Korean gloss: 군사상의 책략
  • 무훈武勳 Korean gloss: 군사상의 공적
  • 연무鍊武 Korean gloss: 무예를 단련함
  • 무병武兵 Korean gloss: 용맹스러운 병사
  • 무예武藝 Korean gloss: 무도에 관한 재주
  • 무장武將 Korean gloss: 무관으로서의 장수
  • 무재武才 Korean gloss: 무예에 관한 재주
  • 무학武學 Korean gloss: 병법에 관한 학문

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

Japanese words with 武

  • 武器ぶき weapon; arms; ordnance
  • 武装ぶそう arms; armament; taking up arms
  • 武力ぶりょく armed might; military power; the sword
  • 武道ぶどう martial arts; military arts; Bushido
  • 武士ぶし samurai; warrior
  • 核武装かくぶそう nuclear arms
  • 武者むしゃ warrior
  • 武将ぶしょう military commander
  • 武家ぶけ samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock
  • 文武ぶんぶ literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
  • 武官ぶかん military officer; naval officer
  • 武術ぶじゅつ martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)

Other hanja read “무”

Other hanja with radical 止

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