Hanja Analyzer
冤

冤 — won

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
원통할 원
Romanization
won
English
grievance, injustice, wrong
Mandarin
yuān
Japanese on'yomi
エン, オン
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,382 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Variant forms
寃
Radical
冖 (14, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
兔
Unicode
U+51A4

Parts that make up 冤

  • 冖 덮을 멱 덮어씌운 보자기덮는 일
  • 兔 토끼 토sound 귀와 꼬리를 갖춘 토끼토끼. ‘토’ 계열의 소리

How 冤 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 冤 as a ideographic compound involving 冖, 兔.

Japanese words with 冤

  • 冤罪えんざい false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
  • 冤えん false charge; false accusation
  • 冤枉えんおう false charge
  • 雪冤せつえん exoneration; exculpation

Characters sharing the phonetic 兔

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

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 冖

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