Hanja Analyzer
函

函 — ham

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
함(函) 함
Romanization
ham
English
correspondence; a case; a box
Mandarin
hán
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ゴン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
はこ い.れる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,781 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
凾
Radical
凵 (17, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+51FD

Korean example words with 函

  • 개함開函 Korean gloss: 함이나 상자를 엶
  • 목함木函 Korean gloss: 나무로 만든 상자
  • 함식函式 Korean gloss: 함을 만드는 방식
  • 공함公函 Korean gloss: 공사(公事)에 관하여 왕래하는 문서나 편지를 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 한지함韓紙函 Korean gloss: 한지로 만든 함
  • 요금함料金函 Korean gloss: 요금을 넣는 상자
  • 돌함돌函 Korean gloss: 돌로 만든 함(函)
  • 사주함四柱函 Korean gloss: 사주단자를 넣는 함
  • 함속函속 Korean gloss: 함 속에 넣는 물건
  • 도구함道具函 Korean gloss: 도구를 넣어 두는 함
  • 반찬함飯饌函 Korean gloss: 반찬을 넣어 두는 함
  • 서류함書類函 Korean gloss: 서류를 넣어 두는 함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 函

  • 投函とうかん mailing; posting
  • 函蓋かんがい box and cover
  • 函渠かんきょ drain with an oblong cross-section
  • 函人かんじん armorer; armourer
  • 函嶺かんれい the Hakone Mountains
  • 潜函せんかん caisson
  • 経函きょうかん sutra box
  • 書函しょかん letterbox; book chest
  • 製函せいかん (cardboard) box manufacture
  • 函館はこだて Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
  • 潜函病せんかんびょう caisson disease; the bends
  • 私書函ししょかん post office box

Characters sharing the phonetic 函

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 “함” in Korean.

涵 菡

Other hanja read “함”

凾 含 咸 唅 啣 喊 圅 檻 涵 緘 艦 莟 菡 諴 轞 銜 闞 陥 陷 鬫 鹹

Other hanja with radical 凵

凵 凶 凷 凸 凹 出 凾

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