Hanja Analyzer
逅

逅 — hu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
만날 후
Romanization
hu
English
meet unexpectedly
Mandarin
hòu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, コ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
あ.う まみ.える
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
辵 (162, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
后
Unicode
U+9005

Parts that make up 逅

  • 后 임금/왕후 후sound 맡을 사(司)를 뒤집은 모양으로 본다임금과 왕후. ‘후’ 계열의 소리
  • 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 逅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 逅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 后.

Korean example words with 逅

  • 해후하다邂逅 Korean gloss: 오랫동안 헤어졌다가 뜻밖에 다시 만나다
  • 해후상봉하다邂逅相逢 Korean gloss: 오랫동안 헤어졌다가 우연히 서로 다시 만나다
  • 해후치페邂逅致斃 Korean gloss: 예전에, 형을 받은 죄인이 병에 걸려 죽던 일. ⇒남한 규범 표기는 ‘해후치폐’이다.

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

Japanese words with 逅

  • 邂逅かいこう chance meeting

Characters sharing the phonetic 后

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

Other hanja read “후”

Other hanja with radical 辵

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences