Hanja Analyzer
肓

肓 — hwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
명치 끝 황
Romanization
hwang
English
region between heart and diaphragm
Mandarin
huāng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
肉 (130, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
亡
Unicode
U+8093

Parts that make up 肓

  • 亡 망할 망, 없을 무sound 칼날에 그은 금없어지고 달아나는 일. ‘망·맹’ 계열의 소리
  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다

Japanese words with 肓

  • 膏肓こうこう innermost part of the body (where a disease cannot be treated)
  • 病膏肓に入るやまいこうこうにいる to become seriously ill; to catch an incurable illness; to become a slave of a habit

Characters sharing the phonetic 亡

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

Other hanja read “황”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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