Hanja Analyzer
講

講 — gang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
욀 강
Romanization
gang
English
explain; discuss; talk
Mandarin
jiǎng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#653 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
言 (149, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
冓(구)
Unicode
U+8B1B

Parts that make up 講

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 冓 재목 어긋매겨 쌓을 구sound 입을 맞댄 물고기 둘‘구·강’ 계열의 소리

How 講 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 講 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 冓.

Korean example words with 講

  • 신강新講 Korean gloss: 새로운 강의
  • 출강出講 Korean gloss: 강의를 하러 감
  • 개강開講 Korean gloss: 강의나 강습 따위를 시작함
  • 강사講士 Korean gloss: 강연회에서 강연을 하는 사람
  • 열강熱講 Korean gloss: 열정적으로 하는 강의나 강연
  • 강구講究 Korean gloss: 어떤 문제를 해결할 방법을 찾음
  • 현강現講 Korean gloss: ‘현장 강의’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 동강動講 Korean gloss: ‘동영상 강의’를 줄여 이르는 말
  • 강석講席 Korean gloss: 강의나 강연 또는 설교를 하는 자리
  • 강좌講座 Korean gloss: 대학에서 교수가 맡아 강의하는 학과목
  • 졸강拙講 Korean gloss: 내용이 충실하지 못하거나 형편없는 강의
  • 강탁講卓 Korean gloss: 강연이나 강의를 하는 연사 앞에 놓는 책상

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

Japanese words with 講

  • 講演こうえん lecture; address; speech
  • 講師こうし speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college)
  • 講座こうざ course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
  • 講義こうぎ lecture
  • 受講じゅこう taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
  • 講習こうしゅう short course; training
  • 講堂こうどう auditorium; lecture hall
  • 講談こうだん storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
  • 講ずるこうずる to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on)
  • 講和こうわ reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
  • 聴講ちょうこう lecture attendance; auditing
  • 講話こうわ lecture; discourse

Characters sharing the phonetic 冓

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 “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “강”

Other hanja with radical 言

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