路 — ro

Parts that make up 路

How 路 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 路 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 足, 各.

Korean example words with 路

• 원로遠路 Korean gloss: 먼 길
• 노외路外 Korean gloss: 도로 바깥
• 노폭路幅 Korean gloss: 길의 너비
• 학로學路 Korean gloss: 배움의 길
• 귀로歸路 Korean gloss: 돌아오는 길
• 노중路中 Korean gloss: 길의 가운데
• 야로野路 Korean gloss: 들에 난 길
• 출로出路 Korean gloss: 빠져나갈 길
• 대로大路 Korean gloss: 크고 넓은 길
• 생로生路 Korean gloss: 살아가는 방도
• 야로夜路 Korean gloss: 밤에 걷는 길
• 우로迂路 Korean gloss: 에돌아가는 길

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

Japanese words with 路

• 道路どうろ road; highway
• 路線ろせん route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.)
• 路上ろじょう on the road; on the street; in the street
• 進路しんろ route; course; path
• 高速道路こうそくどうろ highway; freeway; expressway
• 線路せんろ railway track; railway line; railroad
• 回路かいろ circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle
• 航路こうろ (air or sea) route; course; line
• 経路けいろ course; route; path
• 通路つうろ passage; pathway; roadway
• 路地ろじ alley; alleyway; lane
• 空路くうろ air route; air lane; by air

Characters sharing the phonetic 各

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

Other hanja read “로”

Other hanja with radical 足