Hanja Analyzer
僅

僅 — geun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겨우 근
Romanization
geun
English
only, merely, solely, just
Mandarin
jǐn
Japanese on'yomi
キン, ギン
Japanese kun'yomi
わず.か
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
13
Radical
人 (9, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
堇(근)
Unicode
U+50C5

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