Hanja Analyzer
浦

浦 — po

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
개[水邊] 포
Romanization
po
English
bank of river, shore; surname
Mandarin
pǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ホ, フ
Japanese kun'yomi
うら
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#977 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
水 (85, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
甫
Unicode
U+6D66

Parts that make up 浦

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 甫 클 보sound 모종을 심은 밭‘보·포’ 계열의 소리

How 浦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 浦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 甫.

Korean example words with 浦

  • 포구浦口 Korean gloss: 배가 드나드는 개의 어귀
  • 포변浦邊 Korean gloss: 바닷물이 드나드는 곳의 물가
  • 포촌浦村 Korean gloss: 갯가에 자리 잡고 있는 마을
  • 항포구港浦口 Korean gloss: 배가 드나드는 바닷가 입구에 배가 안전하게 드나들도록 부두 따위를 만들어 놓은 곳
  • 포전浦田 Korean gloss: 갯가의 개흙밭.
  • 곡포曲浦 Korean gloss: 꼬불꼬불한 갯벌.
  • 동포東浦 Korean gloss: ‘맹사성’의 호.
  • 서포西浦 Korean gloss: ‘김만중’의 호.
  • 포민浦民 Korean gloss: 갯가에 사는 백성.
  • 포항浦港 Korean gloss: 포구와 항구를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 포소浦所 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 일본인에게 개항한 항구.
  • 포락浦落 Korean gloss: 논이나 밭 따위가 냇물에 스쳐 떨어져 나감.

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

Japanese words with 浦

  • 浦うら inlet; seashore; beach
  • 津々浦々つつうらうら all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of a country
  • 浦波うらなみ (seaside) breakers
  • 浦辺うらべ seacoast
  • 浦風うらかぜ sea breeze
  • 浦里うらざと village by the sea
  • 浦人うらびと seaside dweller
  • 浦回うらみ coastal indentations
  • 曲浦きょくほ winding coast (beach)
  • 海浦かいほ seaside
  • 浦菊うらぎく sea aster (Aster tripolium)
  • 浦州うらす sandbar (in an inlet); sandbank

Characters sharing the phonetic 甫

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

Other hanja read “포”

Other hanja with radical 水

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