雄
雄 — ung
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 수컷 웅
- Romanization
- ung
- English
- male of species; hero; manly
- Mandarin
- xióng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ユウ, キュウ, グ, ユ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- お- おす おん
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #669 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 (172, 4 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 厷(굉)
- Unicode
- U+96C4
Parts that make up 雄
How 雄 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 雄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 厷, 隹.
Korean example words with 雄
- 웅력雄力 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 힘
- 웅지雄志 Korean gloss: 웅대한 뜻
- 웅도雄圖 Korean gloss: 웅대한 계획
- 웅자雄姿 Korean gloss: 웅장한 모습
- 웅전雄戰 Korean gloss: 씩씩하게 싸움
- 웅부雄府 Korean gloss: 웅장하게 큰 고을
- 웅진雄鎭 Korean gloss: 웅대하고 험한 진지
- 간웅奸雄 Korean gloss: 간사한 꾀가 많은 영웅
- 효웅梟雄 Korean gloss: 사납고 용맹스러운 인물
- 웅변雄辯 Korean gloss: 의심할 나위 없이 명백함
- 웅비雄飛 Korean gloss: 기운차고 용기 있게 활동함
- 웅거雄居 Korean gloss: 웅장한 집. 또는 그런 거처
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 雄
- 雄おす male (animal, plant)
- 英雄えいゆう hero; heroine; great person
- 雄弁ゆうべん eloquence; fluency (of speech)
- 雄大ゆうだい grand; magnificent; majestic
- 雌雄しゆう male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat
- 雄姿ゆうし majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance
- 雄花おばな male flower; staminate flower
- 両雄りょうゆう two great men
- 群雄割拠ぐんゆうかっきょ rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
- 群雄ぐんゆう rival chiefs
- 雄鶏おんどり male bird; cock; rooster
- 梟雄きょうゆう ringleader; accomplished villain
Characters sharing the phonetic 厷
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 “굉” in Korean.
Other hanja read “웅”
Other hanja with radical 隹
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences