Hanja Analyzer
邵

邵 — so

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
땅이름/성(姓) 소
Romanization
so
English
surname; various place names
Mandarin
shào
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
邑 (163, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
召
Unicode
U+90B5

Parts that make up 邵

  • 召 부를 소, 대추 조sound 입으로 불러들이는 모양부르는 일. ‘소·초’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻏ 고을 읍variant of 邑 사람이 모여 사는 터고을과 지명. 오른쪽에서 ⻏ 로 쓴다

How 邵 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 邵 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 召, 邑.

Korean example words with 邵

  • 소령邵齡 Korean gloss: 늙은이로서 썩 많은 나이. 또는 그런 나이가 된 사람.
  • 청소淸邵 Korean gloss: ‘청소하다’의 어근.
  • 소강절邵康節 Korean gloss: ‘소옹’의 성(姓)과 시호를 함께 이르는 이름.
  • 연고덕소年高德邵 Korean gloss: 나이도 많고 덕도 높음.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 召

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

Other hanja read “소”

Other hanja with radical 邑

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