逑
逑 — gu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 짝 구
- Romanization
- gu
- English
- collect, unite; match, pair
- Mandarin
- qiú
- Japanese on'yomi
- キュウ, グ, ジュツ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- つれあ.い
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 (162, 7 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 求(구)
- Unicode
- U+9011
Parts that make up 逑
- 求 구할[索] 구sound 털가죽 옷을 그린 것구하다. ‘구’ 계열의 소리
- 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임
How 逑 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 逑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 求.
Korean example words with 逑
- 호구전好逑傳 Korean gloss: 중국 명나라 말기의 재자가인 소설. 문장력이 뛰어나고 의협심이 강한 철중옥(鐵中玉)과 아름다운 여인 수빙심(水氷心)의 사랑을
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 逑
- 好逑こうきゅう good spouse
Characters sharing the phonetic 求
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 “구”
Other hanja with radical 辵
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences