Hanja Analyzer
淙

淙 — jong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물소리 종
Romanization
jong
English
gurgling sound of water
Mandarin
cóng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ス, ゾウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
宗(종)
Unicode
U+6DD9

Parts that make up 淙

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 宗 마루 종sound 조상을 모신 집마루. ‘종·숭’ 계열의 소리

How 淙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 宗.

Japanese words with 淙

  • 淙々そうそう murmuring (stream, brook, etc.); gurgling; babbling

Characters sharing the phonetic 宗

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “종” in Korean.

Other hanja read “종”

Other hanja with radical 水

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