Hanja Analyzer
饒

饒 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
넉넉할 요
Romanization
yo
English
bountiful, abundant, plentiful
Mandarin
ráo
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, ニョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ゆたか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
食 (184, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
堯
Unicode
U+9952

Parts that make up 饒

  • ⻞ 밥/먹을 식, 밥 먹일 사variant of 食 받침에 올린 밥그릇과 입먹는 일과 먹을 것
  • 堯 요임금 요sound 흙을 높이 쌓은 모양높다. ‘요’ 계열의 소리로 쓴다

How 饒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 饒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 堯.

Korean example words with 饒

  • 익요하다益饒 Korean gloss: 더욱 풍요하다
  • 요부하다饒富 Korean gloss: 살림이 넉넉하다
  • 요족하다饒足 Korean gloss: 살림이 넉넉하다
  • 요거饒居 Korean gloss: 넉넉하게 삶.
  • 요대饒貸 Korean gloss: 너그러이 용서함.
  • 요설饒舌 Korean gloss: 말을 잘하는 혀.
  • 요호饒戶 Korean gloss: 살림이 넉넉한 집.
  • 요민饒民 Korean gloss: 살림이 넉넉한 백성.
  • 요익饒益 Korean gloss: 자비로운 마음으로 중생에게 넉넉하게 이익을 줌. 또는 그 이익.
  • 요다하다饒多 Korean gloss: 넉넉하고 많다.
  • 민요民饒 Korean gloss: ‘민요하다’의 어근.
  • 부요롭다富饒 Korean gloss: 매우 부유한 듯하다.

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

Japanese words with 饒

  • 豊饒ほうじょう fertile; productive; fruitful
  • 饒舌じょうぜつ talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
  • 富饒ふじょう richness
  • 饒舌家じょうぜつか talkative person; chatterbox
  • 饒速日命にぎはやひのみこと Nigihayahi; deity who married Nagasunehiko's younger sister and subsequently killed him when he opposed Emperor Jimmu
  • 豊饒の海ほうじょうのうみ The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy by Mishima)

Characters sharing the phonetic 堯

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

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 食

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