Hanja Analyzer
蓊

蓊 — ong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옹풀 옹, 우거질 옹
Romanization
ong
English
luxuriant vegetation; lush
Mandarin
wěng
Japanese on'yomi
オウ, オ
Japanese kun'yomi
とう
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
翁(옹)
Unicode
U+84CA

Parts that make up 蓊

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 翁 늙은이 옹sound

How 蓊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蓊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 翁.

Japanese words with 蓊

  • 蓊鬱おううつ overgrown; exuberant; lush

Characters sharing the phonetic 翁

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 “옹” in Korean.

Other hanja read “옹”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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