浦
부수: 氵
획수: 10획
浦 has the meanings ‘riverbank’, ‘inlet’ and ‘bay’.
浦 = 氵 + 甫
X = semantic + phonetic
• 氵 is a component form of 水. It depicts flowing water and represents the meaning ‘shore’.
• 甫 has three suggested original meanings.
– First suggestion, 甫 depicts a hand holding an axe and once meant ‘to start work’.
– Second suggestion, 甫 depicts a shoot of vegetation in a field or seabed.
– Third suggestion, 甫 depicts a tree sapling with a supporting framework.
All three suggestions thus suppose 甫 has meanings associated with ‘to begin’. The shore is where the land begins to meet the sea.
Evolution:
浦 = ’shore’ ➔ ’riverside’
Mnemonic
Imagine you’re a fisherman who has been at sea 氵 for days. You are sailing back home and begin 甫 to see the town at the bay 浦.
Vocab
| 浦口 | 포구 | port; boat landing; inlet |
| 浦田 | 포전 | riverside field |
| 木浦 | 목포 | Mokpo (city) |
| 浦項 | 포항 | Pohang (city) |
| 金浦空港 | 김포 | Gimpo Airport |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 799]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1785]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 浦, 氵].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1041]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.