Hanja Analyzer
莠

莠 — yu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가라지 유
Romanization
yu
English
weeds, tares; undesirable, evil
Mandarin
yǒu
Japanese on'yomi
ユウ, シュウ, ユ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
はぐさ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
艸 (140, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
秀
Unicode
U+83A0

Parts that make up 莠

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 秀 빼어날 수sound 벼에 이삭이 뻗어 나온 모양빼어나다. ‘수’ 계열의 소리

Characters sharing the phonetic 秀

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

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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