Hanja Analyzer
靠

靠 — go

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기댈 고
Romanization
go
English
lean on, trust, depend on; near
Mandarin
kào
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, コク
Japanese kun'yomi
もた.れる たが.う よ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
非 (175, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
吿
Unicode
U+9760

Parts that make up 靠

  • 告 고할 고, 청할 곡 입에서 내민 혀 또는 북과 입알리는 일. ‘고·곡’ 계열의 소리
  • 非 아닐 비 등을 맞댄 두 날개아니다와 어긋나는 것

How 靠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 靠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 告, 非.

Characters sharing the phonetic 吿

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

Other hanja read “고”

Other hanja with radical 非

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