Hanja Analyzer
澆

澆 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
걸찰 요, 물 끌어올 요
Romanization
yo
English
spray, water, sprinkle
Mandarin
jiāo
Japanese on'yomi
ギョウ, リョウ, ニョウ, ゴウ, キョウ, ロウ, ドウ
Japanese kun'yomi
そそ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
水 (85, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
堯
Unicode
U+6F86

Parts that make up 澆

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 堯 요임금 요sound 흙을 높이 쌓은 모양높다. ‘요’ 계열의 소리로 쓴다

How 澆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 澆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 堯.

Japanese words with 澆

  • 澆季ぎょうき frivolous age; degenerate period in history; decadent age

Characters sharing the phonetic 堯

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

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 水

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