Hanja Analyzer
蒻

蒻 — yak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
부들 약
Romanization
yak
English
rushes
Mandarin
ruò
Japanese on'yomi
ニャク, ジャク, ダク, ニョク
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
弱(약)
Unicode
U+84BB

Parts that make up 蒻

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 弱 약할 약sound 휘어 약한 활 둘약하다. ‘약’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 蒻

  • 약석蒻席 Korean gloss: 부들을 엮어 만든 자리.

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

Japanese words with 蒻

  • 蒟蒻こんにゃく konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue
  • 蒟蒻本こんにゃくぼん Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm); late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district
  • 刺青蒟蒻鯵いれずみこんにゃくあじ ragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)
  • 蒟蒻ゼリーこんにゃくゼリー fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch); fruit jello
  • スマトラ大蒟蒻スマトラおおこんにゃく titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum); corpse flower; carrion flower

Characters sharing the phonetic 弱

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 “약” in Korean.

嫋 溺 篛 鰯

Other hanja read “약”

叒 喲 弱 瀹 爚 禴 篛 籥 約 若 葯 薬 藥 躍 鑰 鰯 鶸 龠

Other hanja with radical 艸

艸 艽 艾 芃 芄 芈 芊 芋 芍 芎 芐 芑 芒 芔 芘 芙 芚 芝 芟 芡 芢 芣 芥 芦 芧 芨 芩 芪 芫 芬 芭 芮 芯 芰 花 芳 芷 芸 芹 芻 芼 芽 芾 芿 苅 苑 苒 苓 苔 苕 苗 苙 苛 苜 苞 苟 苠 苡 苢 苣

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