Hanja Analyzer
蜉

蜉 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
하루살이 부
Romanization
bu
English
mayfly
Mandarin
fú
Japanese on'yomi
フ, フウ, ブ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
虫 (142, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
孚(부)
Unicode
U+8709

Parts that make up 蜉

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 孚 믿을 부sound 아이를 붙잡은 손‘부·포’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 蜉

  • 蜉蝣かげろう mayfly; ephemerality (of life); dragonfly
  • 草蜉蝣くさかげろう green lacewing (esp. species Chrysopa intima)
  • 薄羽蜉蝣ウスバカゲロウ antlion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)
  • 網目蜉蝣あみめかげろう neuropteran (any insect of order Neuroptera)

Characters sharing the phonetic 孚

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 “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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