Hanja Analyzer
詠

詠 — yeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
읊을 영
Romanization
yeong
English
sing, hum, chant
Mandarin
yǒng
Japanese on'yomi
エイ, ヨウ, エ
Japanese kun'yomi
よ.む うた.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,000 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
咏
Radical
言 (149, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
永
Unicode
U+8A60

Parts that make up 詠

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 永 길 영sound 갈래를 친 긴 물줄기길다. ‘영’ 계열의 소리

How 詠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 詠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 永.

Korean example words with 詠

  • 시영詩詠 Korean gloss: 시를 읊음. 또는 그 시
  • 음영하다吟詠 Korean gloss: 시가(詩歌) 따위를 읊다
  • 영탄하다詠歎 Korean gloss: 마음속 깊이 느끼어 탄복하다
  • 영사하다詠史 Korean gloss: 역사적인 사실을 주제로 하여 시가(詩歌)를 적다
  • 영탄사詠歎詞 Korean gloss: 영탄하는 말마디
  • 영탄조詠歎調 Korean gloss: 시문에서, 주로 정회를 노래하는 경향
  • 고영孤詠 Korean gloss: 홀로 읊음.
  • 근영近詠 Korean gloss: 최근에 지은 시가.
  • 소영嘯詠 Korean gloss: 시가(詩歌) 따위를 읊음.
  • 영음詠吟 Korean gloss: 시가(詩歌) 따위를 읊음.
  • 고영高詠 Korean gloss: 남의 시가를 높여 이르는 말.
  • 영설詠雪 Korean gloss: 눈을 주제로 하여 시를 읊음.

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

Japanese words with 詠

  • 詠むよむ to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
  • 詠み人知らずよみびとしらず author unknown; anonymous
  • 朗詠ろうえい recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)
  • 詠えい recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing
  • 遺詠いえい posthumous song or poem
  • 詠歌えいか poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
  • 詠吟えいぎん reciting poetry
  • 詠唱えいしょう aria; singing; chanting
  • 詠進えいしん presentation of a poem (to the Court or a shrine)
  • 詠草えいそう draft poem
  • 詠誦えいしょう reciting poetry
  • 旧詠きゅうえい ancient poems; ancient songs

Characters sharing the phonetic 永

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

Other hanja read “영”

Other hanja with radical 言

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