Hanja Analyzer
肱

肱 — goeng

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
팔뚝 굉
Romanization
goeng
English
forearm
Mandarin
gōng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かいな ひじ まるい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Variant forms
厷
Radical
肉 (130, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
厷(굉)
Unicode
U+80B1

How 肱 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 肱 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肉, 厷.

Korean example words with 肱

  • 곡굉曲肱 Korean gloss: 팔을 구부림.
  • 고굉股肱 Korean gloss: 임금이 가장 신임하는 신하.
  • 고굉지신股肱之臣 Korean gloss: 다리와 팔같이 중요한 신하라는 뜻으로, 임금이 가장 신임하는 신하를 이르는 말
  • 침굉하다枕肱 Korean gloss: 청빈을 즐기다.
  • 고굉지력股肱之力 Korean gloss: 다리와 팔의 힘이라는 뜻으로 온몸의 힘을 이르는 말.
  • 곡굉지락曲肱之樂 Korean gloss: 베개가 없어서 팔을 구부려 베고 잘 정도로 가난하지만 그러한 삶에 만족하는 즐거움을 이르는 말.

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

Japanese words with 肱

  • 股肱ここう one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman

Characters sharing the phonetic 厷

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 “굉” in Korean.

Other hanja read “굉”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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