Hanja Analyzer
倩

倩 — cheon, cheong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아름다울 천, 사위 청
Romanization
cheon, cheong
English
beautiful, lovely; son-in-law
Mandarin
qiàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン, セイ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
つらつら うつく.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
人 (9, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
靑
Unicode
U+5029

Parts that make up 倩

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 青 푸를 청Japanese form of 靑sound 돋는 싹과 우물 또는 돋는 싹과 붉은 광물푸르고 맑은 것. ‘청·정’ 계열의 소리

How 倩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 倩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 青.

Japanese words with 倩

  • 倩せん good-looking; attractive
  • 倩々つらつら carefully; closely; attentively

Characters sharing the phonetic 靑

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

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 人

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