淀 — jeong

Parts that make up 淀

How 淀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淀 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 定.

Japanese words with 淀

• 淀むよどむ to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit
• 淀みよどみ stagnation; deposit; sediment
• 淀木瓜よどぼけ Choenomeles lagenaria; yodoboke flowering quince
• 淀みないよどみない fluent; smooth; flowing
• 淀みなくよどみなく fluently; without hesitation; without faltering
• 遅牛も淀、早牛も淀おそうしもよど、はやうしもよど there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; slow oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), fast oxen also end up in Yodo
• 早牛も淀、遅牛も淀はやうしもよど、おそうしもよど there is no point in hurrying; hurry no man's cattle; fast oxen (leaving Kyoto) end up in Yodo (just south of Kyoto), slow oxen also end up in Yodo

Characters sharing the phonetic 定

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

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 水