Hanja Analyzer
沃

沃 — ok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기름질 옥
Romanization
ok
English
water, irrigate; fertile, rich
Mandarin
wò
Japanese on'yomi
ヨク, オク, オウ, ワク
Japanese kun'yomi
そそ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
7
Radical
水 (85, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
夭
Unicode
U+6C83

Parts that make up 沃

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 夭 일찍죽을 요, 끊어 죽일 오sound 몸을 굽힌 사람‘요’ 계열의 소리

How 沃 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 沃 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 夭.

Korean example words with 沃

  • 옥답沃畓 Korean gloss: 기름진 논
  • 옥야沃野 Korean gloss: 기름진 들판
  • 옥척沃瘠 Korean gloss: 기름진 땅과 메마른 땅을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 옥토沃土 Korean gloss: 농작물이 잘 자랄 수 있는 영양분이 풍부한 좋은 땅
  • 비옥하다肥沃 Korean gloss: 땅이 걸고 기름지다
  • 옥고하다沃膏 Korean gloss: 땅이 매우 걸고 기름지다
  • 비옥지肥沃地 Korean gloss: 걸고 기름진 땅
  • 비옥도肥沃度 Korean gloss: 땅이 걸고 기름진 정도
  • 옥양沃壤 Korean gloss: 기름진 토지.
  • 옥전沃田 Korean gloss: 기름진 논밭.
  • 양전옥답良田沃畓 Korean gloss: 기름진 밭과 논
  • 옥야천리沃野千里 Korean gloss: 끝없이 넓은 기름진 들판

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

Japanese words with 沃

  • 豊沃ほうよく fertility
  • 肥沃ひよく fertile; rich; productive
  • 沃土よくど rich soil; fertile land
  • 沃地よくち fertile land; oasis
  • 沃野よくや fertile fields or plain
  • 沃度ヨード iodine (I)
  • 沃田よくでん fertile field; field with fertile soil
  • 膏沃こうよく fertile soil; fertile land; fertility
  • 沃るいる to pour; to dash (water) over; to douse with
  • 菲沃斯ひよす henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
  • 沃度丁幾ヨードチンキ tincture of iodine
  • 沃野千里よくやせんり vast expanse of fertile land

Characters sharing the phonetic 夭

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

Other hanja read “옥”

Other hanja with radical 水

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