Hanja Analyzer
渝

渝 — tu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
변할 투
Romanization
tu
English
change; chongqing
Mandarin
yú
Japanese on'yomi
ユ, ズ, トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かわ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
水 (85, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
俞(유)
Unicode
U+6E1D

Parts that make up 渝

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 兪 대답할/인월도(人月刂) 유 거꾸로 놓은 由 또는 옛 화살촉‘유’ 계열의 소리

How 渝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 渝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 俞.

Characters sharing the phonetic 俞

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 “유” in Korean.

Other hanja read “투”

Other hanja with radical 水

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