Hanja Analyzer
荳

荳 — du

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
팥 두
Romanization
du
English
beans, peas; bean-shaped
Mandarin
dòu
Japanese on'yomi
トウ, ズ
Japanese kun'yomi
まめ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
艸 (140, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
豆
Unicode
U+8373

Parts that make up 荳

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 豆 콩 두sound 굽 높은 제기제기, 그리고 콩. ‘두’ 계열의 소리

How 荳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 荳 as a ideographic compound involving 艸, 豆.

Korean example words with 荳

  • 홍두紅荳 Korean gloss: 콩과의 상록 덩굴성 나무. 높이는 2.5미터 정도이며 잎은 어긋나고 긴 타원형인데 우상 복엽이다. 붉은색, 자주색, 흰색의 꽃
  • 두과작물荳科作物 Korean gloss: 콩과 식물을 농작물로 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 豆

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

Other hanja read “두”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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