Hanja Analyzer
湊

湊 — ju

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
모일 주
Romanization
ju
English
piece together, assemble
Mandarin
còu
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
みなと あつ.まる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,222 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
凑
Radical
水 (85, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
奏(주)
Unicode
U+6E4A

Parts that make up 湊

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 奏 아뢸 주sound

How 湊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 湊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 奏.

Korean example words with 湊

  • 주집湊集 Korean gloss: 모이거나 모여듦.
  • 주합湊合 Korean gloss: 그러모아 하나로 합함.
  • 주중湊重 Korean gloss: 어느 한곳으로 쏟아부음.
  • 복주하다輻湊 Korean gloss: 한곳으로 많이 몰려들다.

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

Japanese words with 湊

  • 春の湊はるのみなと end of spring

Characters sharing the phonetic 奏

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 “주” in Korean.

凑 腠 輳

Other hanja read “주”

丟 丢 丶 主 住 侏 侜 做 儔 冑 凑 厨 周 呪 咒 咮 喌 嗾 噣 奏 妵 姝 宙 尌 州 幬 廚 拄 昼 晝 朱 柱 株 注 洲 澍 炷 燽 珠 疇 硃 籌 籒 紂 紬 綢 肘 胄 腠 舟 蔟 蛀 蛛 裯 註 詋 誅 譸 賙 赒

Other hanja with radical 水

水 氷 永 氾 氿 汀 汁 求 汃 汋 汎 汏 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汙 汚 汛 汜 汝 汞 江 池 污 汨 汩 汪 汭 汰 汲 汴 汶 決 汽 汾 沁 沂 沃 沄 沅 沆 沇 沈 沉 沌 沍 沐 沒 沓 沔 沕 沖 沘 沙 沚 沛 没 沢

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