Hanja Analyzer
蕘

蕘 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나무할 요
Romanization
yo
English
fuel, firewood; stubble
Mandarin
ráo
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, ドウ, ギョウ, ニョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
たきぎ きこり
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
艸 (140, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
堯
Unicode
U+8558

Parts that make up 蕘

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 堯 요임금 요sound 흙을 높이 쌓은 모양높다. ‘요’ 계열의 소리로 쓴다

How 蕘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蕘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 堯.

Characters sharing the phonetic 堯

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

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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