Hanja Analyzer
洸

洸 — gwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물솟을 광
Romanization
gwang
English
sparkle, glitter
Mandarin
guāng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, オウ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,430 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
水 (85, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
光
Unicode
U+6D38

Parts that make up 洸

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 光 빛 광sound 사람 위에 얹힌 불빛. ‘광’ 계열의 소리

How 洸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 洸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 光.

Japanese words with 洸

  • 洸洸こうこう valiant; brave; surge (of water)
  • 洸洋こうよう unfathomable; great expanse of water; incoherent

Characters sharing the phonetic 光

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

Other hanja read “광”

Other hanja with radical 水

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