Hanja Analyzer
逢

逢 — bong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
만날 봉
Romanization
bong
English
come upon, happen meet; flatter
Mandarin
féng
Japanese on'yomi
ホウ, ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
あ.う むか.える
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,116 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
辵 (162, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
夆(봉)
Unicode
U+9022

Parts that make up 逢

  • 夆 끌 봉sound 맞부딪는 모양‘봉’ 계열의 소리
  • 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 逢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 逢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 夆.

Korean example words with 逢

  • 상봉相逢 Korean gloss: 서로 만남
  • 봉란逢亂 Korean gloss: 난리를 당함
  • 봉욕逢辱 Korean gloss: 욕된 일을 당함
  • 재봉하다再逢 Korean gloss: 다시 만나다
  • 봉적하다逢賊 Korean gloss: 도적을 만나다
  • 봉패하다逢敗 Korean gloss: 낭패를 당하다
  • 봉영하다逢迎 Korean gloss: 남의 뜻을 맞추어 주다
  • 봉변하다逢變 Korean gloss: 뜻밖의 변이나 망신스러운 일을 당하다
  • 재상봉再相逢 Korean gloss: 이미 만난 적이 있는 사람들이 다시 만남
  • 상봉자相逢者 Korean gloss: 일정 기간 서로 떨어져 있다가 만나는 사람
  • 상봉소相逢所 Korean gloss: 일정 기간 서로 떨어져 있던 사람들이 서로 만나는 곳
  • 상봉장相逢場 Korean gloss: 일정 기간 서로 떨어져 있던 사람들이 서로 만나는 곳

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

Japanese words with 逢

  • 逢瀬おうせ rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting
  • 逢着ほうちゃく encountering; facing; being confronted with
  • 逢引あいびき clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst
  • 遭逢そうほう meeting by chance; running into; coming upon
  • 愛逢月めであいづき seventh lunar month
  • 逢魔が時おうまがとき twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
  • しのび逢いしのびあい clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst
  • めぐり逢いめぐりあい An Affair To Remember (film)
  • また逢う日までまたあうひまで till we meet again
  • 逢うは別れの始めあうはわかれのはじめ we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting
  • 碁に凝ると親の死に目に逢わぬごにこるとおやのしにめにあわぬ if you get too absorbed when playing go, you will miss your parent's deathbed

Characters sharing the phonetic 夆

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 “봉” in Korean.

Other hanja read “봉”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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