Hanja Analyzer
馥

馥 — bok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
향기 복
Romanization
bok
English
fragrance, scent, aroma
Mandarin
fù
Japanese on'yomi
フク
Japanese kun'yomi
か かお.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Radical
香 (186, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+99A5

Parts that make up 馥

  • 香 향기 향
  • 复 복도 가운데 방과 아래를 향한 발‘복·부’ 계열의 소리

How 馥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 馥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 香, 复.

Korean example words with 馥

  • 방복하다芳馥 Korean gloss: 향기롭고 꽃답다
  • 욱복하다郁馥 Korean gloss: 향기가 매우 짙다
  • 복복하다馥馥 Korean gloss: 풍기는 향기가 그윽하다
  • 복욱하다馥郁 Korean gloss: 풍기는 향기가 그윽하다
  • 분복芬馥 Korean gloss: 매우 향기로움.

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

Japanese words with 馥

  • 馥郁ふくいく fragrant; sweet-smelling

Other hanja read “복”

Other hanja with radical 香

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