Hanja Analyzer
況

況 — hwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
상황 황
Romanization
hwang
English
condition, situation; furthermore
Mandarin
kuàng
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
まし.て いわ.んや おもむき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#490 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
况
Radical
水 (85, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
兄
Unicode
U+6CC1

Parts that make up 況

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 兄 형 형sound 입을 크게 벌린 사람형, 그리고 빎. ‘형·황’ 계열의 소리

How 況 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 況 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 兄.

Korean example words with 況

  • 박황薄況 Korean gloss: 적은 봉급
  • 교황校況 Korean gloss: 학교의 상황
  • 실황實況 Korean gloss: 실제의 상황
  • 현황現況 Korean gloss: 현재의 상황
  • 근황近況 Korean gloss: 요즈음의 상황
  • 상황常況 Korean gloss: 보통 때의 형편
  • 전황戰況 Korean gloss: 전쟁의 실제 상황
  • 정황情況 Korean gloss: 일의 사정과 상황
  • 활황活況 Korean gloss: 활기가 있는 상황
  • 곤황困況 Korean gloss: 몹시 딱하고 어려운 상황
  • 몰황沒況 Korean gloss: 낚시질이 잘 안되는 상황
  • 작황作況 Korean gloss: 농작물이 잘되고 못된 상황

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

Japanese words with 況

  • 状況じょうきょう state of affairs; situation; conditions
  • 不況ふきょう (economic) depression; recession; slump
  • 市況しきょう market conditions
  • 好況こうきょう prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom
  • 盛況せいきょう success; boom; being well-attended (of an event)
  • 実況じっきょう actual state (of things); actual conditions; actual scene
  • 作況指数さっきょうしすう rice-crop index
  • 活況かっきょう activity; briskness; prosperity
  • 現況げんきょう present condition
  • 戦況せんきょう war situation; progress of a battle
  • 近況きんきょう recent state; present state; present condition
  • 概況がいきょう outlook; general situation

Characters sharing the phonetic 兄

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

Other hanja read “황”

Other hanja with radical 水

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