Hanja Analyzer
祚

祚 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
복(福) 조
Romanization
jo
English
throne; bless; blessing, happiness
Mandarin
zuò
Japanese on'yomi
ソ, ゾ
Japanese kun'yomi
くら.い さいわ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
示 (113, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
乍
Unicode
U+795A

Parts that make up 祚

  • 示 보일 시, 땅 귀신 기 제물을 올린 제단제사와 신, 하늘이 내리는 일. 왼쪽에서 礻 로 쓴다
  • 乍 잠깐 사sound 나무를 찍는 도끼‘사·작·조’ 계열의 소리

How 祚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 祚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 示, 乍.

Korean example words with 祚

  • 국조國祚 Korean gloss: 나라의 복록
  • 복조福祚 Korean gloss: 삶에서 누리는 좋고 만족할 만한 행운. 또는 거기서 얻는 행복
  • 연조延祚 Korean gloss: 오랜 행복.
  • 보조寶祚 Korean gloss: 임금의 자리.
  • 연조年祚 Korean gloss: 사람의 수명.
  • 제조帝祚 Korean gloss: 제왕의 지위.
  • 조조祚祚 Korean gloss: 행복한 자손.
  • 황조皇祚 Korean gloss: 황제의 지위.
  • 문조門祚 Korean gloss: 한 집안의 복.
  • 경조景祚 Korean gloss: 아주 크나큰 복.
  • 운조運祚 Korean gloss: 천자(天子)의 지위.
  • 중조重祚 Korean gloss: 두 번째로 왕위에 나아감.

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

Japanese words with 祚

  • 祚そ rank of the emperor; imperial throne
  • 重祚じゅうそ second accession to the throne
  • 践祚せんそ accession (to the throne)
  • 永祚えいそ Eiso era (989.8.8-990.11.7)
  • 皇祚こうそ rank of emperor; the imperial throne
  • 宝祚ほうそ rank of the emperor; the imperial throne

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

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

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 示

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences