Hanja Analyzer
謳

謳 — gu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노래 구
Romanization
gu
English
to sing; songs
Mandarin
ōu
Japanese on'yomi
オウ, ウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
うた.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,492 of 2,500
Strokes
18
Radical
言 (149, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
區(구)
Unicode
U+8B33

Parts that make up 謳

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 區 구분할/지경 구, 경계 우sound 칸을 나눠 담은 상자나눈 구역. ‘구·우’ 계열의 소리

How 謳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 謳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 區.

Korean example words with 謳

  • 구가하다謳歌 Korean gloss: 행복한 처지나 기쁜 마음 따위를 거리낌 없이 나타내다
  • 구음하다謳吟 Korean gloss: 칭찬하여 기리다.

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

Japanese words with 謳

  • 謳歌おうか rejoicing; glorification; exultation
  • 謳ううたう to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate
  • 謳われるうたわれる to be famed; to be extolled; to have one's praises sung

Characters sharing the phonetic 區

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.

傴 嘔 嫗 嶇 摳 樞 歐 毆 漚 甌 軀 饇 驅 鷗

Other hanja read “구”

丘 丠 丩 久 乆 九 仇 佝 俅 俱 倃 倶 傴 具 冓 劬 劶 勼 勾 匓 匛 匶 区 區 厩 厹 口 句 叴 呴 咎 嘔 坵 坸 垢 夻 姤 媾 嫗 寇 屨 岣 嶇 廄 廏 廐 彀 惧 懼 戵 扣 拘 捄 搆 摳 救 旧 昫 枸 柩

Other hanja with radical 言

言 訂 訃 訇 計 訉 訊 訌 討 訏 訐 訑 訒 訓 訔 訕 訖 託 記 訚 訛 訝 訟 訢 訣 訥 訧 訩 訪 設 許 訳 訴 訶 診 註 証 訾 訿 詁 詆 詈 詋 詎 詐 詑 詒 詔 評 詖 詗 詘 詛 詞 詠 詡 詢 詣 試 詩

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