Hanja Analyzer
邑

邑 — eup

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
고을 읍
Romanization
eup
English
area; district; city; state; Kangxi radical 163
Mandarin
yì
Japanese on'yomi
ユウ, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
むら
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,452 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
邑 (163, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+9091

Parts that make up 邑

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 巴 꼬리 파 몸을 사린 뱀‘파·비’ 계열의 소리

How 邑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 邑 as a ideographic compound involving 囗, 卪.

Korean example words with 邑

  • 일읍一邑 Korean gloss: 온 고을
  • 열읍列邑 Korean gloss: 여러 고을
  • 외읍外邑 Korean gloss: 외딴 시골
  • 동읍同邑 Korean gloss: 같은 읍(邑)
  • 도읍都邑 Korean gloss: 조금 작은 도회지
  • 산읍山邑 Korean gloss: 산골에 있는 고을
  • 근읍近邑 Korean gloss: 가까운 고을이나 읍
  • 읍민邑民 Korean gloss: 그 읍에 사는 사람
  • 제읍諸邑 Korean gloss: 행정 구역의 여러 읍
  • 대읍大邑 Korean gloss: 주민과 산물이 많고 땅이 넓은 고을
  • 소읍小邑 Korean gloss: 주민과 산물이 적고 땅이 작은 고을
  • 읍면邑面 Korean gloss: 행정 구역인 읍과 면을 아울러 이르는 말

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

Japanese words with 邑

  • 邑おおざと kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
  • 僻邑へきゆう remote village
  • 都邑とゆう city; town; village
  • 郷邑きょうゆう hamlet; village
  • 邑落ゆうらく hamlet
  • 幟邑のぼりざと kanji "large village" radical
  • 市邑しゆう city; town; village
  • 村邑そんゆう village
  • 林邑楽りんゆうがく Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

Characters sharing the phonetic 邑

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 “읍” in Korean.

Other hanja read “읍”

Other hanja with radical 邑

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