Hanja Analyzer
淦

淦 — gam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물 이름 감
Romanization
gam
English
river in Jiangxi province; water leaking into a boat
Mandarin
gàn
Japanese on'yomi
カン, コン, ゴン
Japanese kun'yomi
あか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
金
Unicode
U+6DE6

Parts that make up 淦

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김sound 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈

How 淦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 金.

Japanese words with 淦

  • 淦あか bilge water
  • 淦水かんすい bilge water
  • 船淦ふなあか bilge water

Characters sharing the phonetic 金

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

Other hanja read “감”

Other hanja with radical 水

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