Hanja Analyzer
泓

泓 — hong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물깊을 홍
Romanization
hong
English
clear, deep pool of water
Mandarin
hóng
Japanese on'yomi
オウ, コウ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ふか.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
水 (85, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
弘
Unicode
U+6CD3

Parts that make up 泓

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 弘 클 홍sound

How 泓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 泓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 弘.

Korean example words with 泓

  • 심홍深泓 Korean gloss: 깊은 못.
  • 도홍陶泓 Korean gloss: 질흙으로 만든 벼루를 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 弘

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

鞃

Other hanja read “홍”

Other hanja with radical 水

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