Korean Word Entry
三伏| Hangul: | 삼복 |
| Revised Romanization: | sambog |
| Definition: | the dog days, the hottest part of the summer |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 三 | three |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄢ (sān) |
| Cantonese: | saam1, saam3 |
| Japanese: | サン (san)、 ゾウ (zou) / み (mi)、 み.つ (mitsu)、 みっ.つ (mittsu)、 みたび (mitabi) |
| Korean: | 삼 (sam) |
| Vietnamese: | tam, tám |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 叁 |
| 伏 | prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˊ (fú), ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | buk6, fuk6 |
| Japanese: | フク (fuku)、 フウ (fuu)、 ブク (buku) / ふ.せる (fuseru)、 ふ.す (fusu)、 したがう (shitagau) |
| Korean: | 복 (bog), 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | phục |