Hanja Analyzer
紆

紆 — u

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
얽힐 우
Romanization
u
English
bend, turn, twist; distort
Mandarin
yū
Japanese on'yomi
ウ, ク, オウ, オ
Japanese kun'yomi
まが.る めぐ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
糸 (120, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
于(우)
Unicode
U+7D06

Parts that make up 紆

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 于 어조사 우sound 옛 관악기 또는 내쉬는 숨‘우·오’ 계열의 소리

How 紆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 紆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 于.

Korean example words with 紆

  • 영우榮紆 Korean gloss: 빙 돌아 얽힘. 또는 빙 둘러쌈.
  • 반우하다盤紆 Korean gloss: 꼬불꼬불하게 얽히다.
  • 우곡紆曲 Korean gloss: ‘우곡하다’의 어근.
  • 우여하다紆餘 Korean gloss: 숲이나 둔덕이 이어져서 길다.

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

Japanese words with 紆

  • 紆余うよ meandering; winding
  • 紆余曲折うよきょくせつ turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering
  • 紆余曲折を経てうよきょくせつをへて after many twists and turns; after much trouble

Characters sharing the phonetic 于

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 “우” in Korean.

吁 宇 杅 汙 玗 盂 盱 竽 芋 訏

Other hanja read “우”

于 亏 亴 佑 俁 偊 偶 優 又 友 右 吁 吘 吽 噢 噳 嚘 堣 宇 寓 尤 嵎 庽 愚 憂 懮 旴 杅 楀 牛 玗 瑀 疣 盂 盱 祐 禑 禹 竽 羽 耦 耰 芋 藕 虞 訏 訧 謣 踽 迂 遇 郵 釪 鍝 隅 雨 雩 麀 麌 齲

Other hanja with radical 糸

糸 糺 系 糾 紀 紂 紃 約 紅 紇 紈 紊 紋 納 紐 紑 紓 純 紕 紗 紘 紙 級 紛 紜 素 紡 索 紫 紬 紮 累 細 紱 紲 紳 紵 紹 紺 紼 紽 紾 終 絃 組 絅 絆 絉 経 絍 絏 結 絕 絖 絙 絛 絜 絞 絡 絢

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