Hanja Analyzer
翁

翁 — ong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
늙은이 옹
Romanization
ong
English
old man; father, father-in-law
Mandarin
wēng
Japanese on'yomi
オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
おきな
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,064 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
羽 (124, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
公
Unicode
U+7FC1

Parts that make up 翁

  • 公 공평할 공sound 사사로움을 갈라 놓은 모양공평함. ‘공·송’ 계열의 소리
  • 羽 깃 우 나란한 깃털 두 장날개와 나는 일

How 翁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 翁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 公, 羽.

Korean example words with 翁

  • 노옹老翁 Korean gloss: 늙은 남자
  • 어옹漁翁 Korean gloss: 고기를 잡는 노인
  • 야옹野翁 Korean gloss: 한적한 시골에 사는 늙은이
  • 옹서翁壻 Korean gloss: 장인과 사위를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 부가옹富家翁 Korean gloss: 부잣집의 늙은 주인
  • 조화옹造化翁 Korean gloss: 만물을 창조하는 노인이라는 뜻으로, ‘조물주’를 이르는 말
  • 새옹마塞翁馬 Korean gloss: 인생의 길흉화복은 변화가 많아서 예측하기가 어렵다는 말. 옛날에 새옹이 기르던 말이 오랑캐 땅으로 달아나서 노인이 낙심하였는데
  • 선옹仙翁 Korean gloss: 신선 노인.
  • 옹전翁錢 Korean gloss: 아버지의 돈.
  • 초옹樵翁 Korean gloss: 늙은 나무꾼.
  • 가옹家翁 Korean gloss: 한 집의 주인.
  • 내옹乃翁 Korean gloss: 그이의 아버지.

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

Japanese words with 翁

  • 翁おきな old man; venerable gentleman; venerable
  • 老翁ろうおう old man
  • 翁貝おきながい lantern shell
  • 村翁そんおう village elder
  • 阿翁あおう father-in-law (of a woman); grandfather
  • 仙翁せんのう lychnis (Lychnis senno)
  • 翁媼おうおう old man and old woman; elderly man and elderly woman
  • 不倒翁ふとうおう tumbler; self-righting doll
  • 信天翁アホウドリ albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)
  • 翁の面おきなのめん old man's mask
  • 白頭翁はくとうおう windflower; anemone; white-haired old man
  • 翁戎貝おきなえびすがい Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

Characters sharing the phonetic 公

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

Other hanja read “옹”

Other hanja with radical 羽

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