Hanja Analyzer
粽

粽 — jong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
주악 종
Romanization
jong
English
dumpling made of glutinous rice
Mandarin
zòng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ス
Japanese kun'yomi
ちまき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
米 (119, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
宗(종)
Unicode
U+7CBD

Parts that make up 粽

  • 米 쌀 미 낟알이 흩어진 모양쌀과 곡식 알갱이
  • 宗 마루 종sound 조상을 모신 집마루. ‘종·숭’ 계열의 소리

How 粽 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 粽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 米, 宗.

Japanese words with 粽

  • 粽ちまき rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves

Characters sharing the phonetic 宗

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 “종” in Korean.

Other hanja read “종”

Other hanja with radical 米

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