Hanja Analyzer
鞄

鞄 — po

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가방 포, 가죽 다로는 장인 포
Romanization
po
English
to work hides; leather bag
Mandarin
páo
Japanese on'yomi
ハク, ホウ, ホク, ボク, ビョウ, ヒョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かばん
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
14
Radical
革 (177, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
包(포)
Unicode
U+9784

Parts that make up 鞄

  • 革 가죽 혁, 위독해질 극 펴서 말린 짐승 가죽가죽과 가죽으로 만든 것
  • 包 쌀[裹] 포sound 뱃속에 든 아이감싸다. ‘포’ 계열의 소리

How 鞄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鞄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 革, 包.

Japanese words with 鞄

  • 鞄かばん bag; satchel; briefcase
  • 小鞄こかばん small bag; small satchel
  • 折り鞄おりかばん briefcase; portfolio
  • 学生鞄がくせいかばん school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag

Characters sharing the phonetic 包

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 “포” in Korean.

Other hanja read “포”

Other hanja with radical 革

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