僅
僅 — geun
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
How 僅 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 僅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 堇.
Korean example words with 僅
- 근근僅僅 Korean gloss: 어렵사리 겨우
- 근소僅少 Korean gloss: ‘근소하다’의 어근.
- 근근이僅僅이 Korean gloss: 어렵사리 겨우
- 근근득생僅僅得生 Korean gloss: 겨우겨우 살아감.
- 기사근생幾死僅生 Korean gloss: 거의 죽을 뻔하다가 겨우 살아남.
- 근근도생僅僅圖生 Korean gloss: 생활이 곤궁하여 겨우겨우 살기를 꾀함.
- 근보가성僅保家聲 Korean gloss: 천도교에서, 겨우 가정의 명성을 보전하는 일.
- 근구인형僅具人形 Korean gloss: 인간의 모습만 갖추고 속이 빈 철없는 사람을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
- 근근부지하다僅僅扶持 Korean gloss: 겨우겨우 견디어 나가다.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 僅
- 僅かわずか a little; a few; small
- 僅差きんさ narrow margin; slim margin
- 僅少きんしょう a little; a few; small
- 僅々きんきん only; just; merely
- 僅少差きんしょうさ narrow majority; shade of difference
- 僅かにわずかに slightly; a little; barely
- ごく僅かごくわずか derisory; negligible; minimal
- 僅かしかわずかしか (nothing) but a little
- ほんの僅かほんのわずか small amount; jot; nothing much
- 僅かながらわずかながら only slightly; small amount
- 人生僅か五十年じんせいわずかごじゅうねん life is short; life is just fifty years
Characters sharing the phonetic 堇
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “근” in Korean.
Other hanja read “근”
Other hanja with radical 人
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences