薨
薨 — hung, hoeng
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 죽을 훙, 많을 횡
- Romanization
- hung, hoeng
- English
- death of prince; swarming
- Mandarin
- hōng
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- こう.じる みまか.る
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艸 (140, 13 residual)
- Unicode
- U+85A8
How 薨 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 薨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 死, 瞢.
Korean example words with 薨
- 훙거薨去 Korean gloss: 왕이나 왕족, 귀족 등의 죽음을 높여 이르는 말.
- 훙서薨逝 Korean gloss: 왕이나 왕족, 귀족 등의 죽음을 높여 이르는 말.
- 훙어하다薨御 Korean gloss: (높이는 뜻으로) 왕이나 왕족, 귀족 등이 죽다.
- 북훙어北薨魚 Korean gloss: 얼려 말린, 가장 품질이 좋은 명태.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 薨
- 薨こう death (of a nobleman, etc.)
- 薨去こうきょ death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise
- 薨御こうぎょ death of important person (e.g. prince, princess, cabinet minister)
- 薨逝こうせい death (of a nobleman)
- 薨ずるこうずる to die (of a nobleman, etc.)
Other hanja with radical 艸
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