Hanja Analyzer
胸

胸 — hyung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가슴 흉
Romanization
hyung
English
breast, bosom, chest; thorax
Mandarin
xiōng
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
むね むな-
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,144 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
肉 (130, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+80F8

Parts that make up 胸

  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다
  • 匈 오랑캐 흉 감싼 가슴‘흉’ 계열의 소리

How 胸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 胸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肉, 匈.

Korean example words with 胸

  • 흉격胸膈 Korean gloss: 마음의 속
  • 흉도胸度 Korean gloss: 마음의 도량
  • 흉회胸懷 Korean gloss: 가슴속에 품은 회포
  • 심흉心胸 Korean gloss: 가슴속 깊이 간직한 마음
  • 흉리胸裏 Korean gloss: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각
  • 흉저胸底 Korean gloss: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각
  • 흉중胸中 Korean gloss: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각
  • 흉산胸算 Korean gloss: 마음속으로 하는 궁리나 계획
  • 흉억胸臆 Korean gloss: 가슴속. 또는 가슴속의 생각
  • 흉부胸部 Korean gloss: ‘가슴’을 전문적으로 이르는 말
  • 흉위胸圍 Korean gloss: 가슴의 가장 굵은 부분을 둘러 잰 길이
  • 흉통胸痛 Korean gloss: 가슴의 경맥 순환이 안되어 가슴이 아픈 증상

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

Japanese words with 胸

  • 胸むね chest; breast; breasts
  • 度胸どきょう courage; bravery; pluck
  • 胸部きょうぶ chest; breast
  • 胸中きょうちゅう one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
  • 胸元むなもと breast; chest; pit of the stomach
  • 胸像きょうぞう bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
  • 胸襟きょうきん one's heart
  • 胸突き八丁むなつきはっちょう the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period
  • 豊胸ほうきょう full breasts; ample breasts; breast enlargement
  • 気胸ききょう pneumothorax; artificial pneumothorax; collapse therapy (for tuberculosis)
  • 胸囲きょうい chest measurement
  • 胸奥きょうおう one's heart of hearts; the depths of one's mind

Other hanja read “흉”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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