Hanja Analyzer
篝

篝 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
불덮개 구
Romanization
gu
English
bamboo basket; bamboo frame
Mandarin
gōu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
かがりび かがり ふせご
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
竹 (118, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冓(구)
Unicode
U+7BDD

Parts that make up 篝

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 冓 재목 어긋매겨 쌓을 구sound 입을 맞댄 물고기 둘‘구·강’ 계열의 소리

How 篝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 篝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 冓.

Japanese words with 篝

  • 篝かがり iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier

Characters sharing the phonetic 冓

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “구”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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