Hanja Analyzer
剡

剡 — yeom, seom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
날카로울 염, 땅이름 섬
Romanization
yeom, seom
English
sharp, sharp-pointed; sharpen
Mandarin
shàn
Japanese on'yomi
エン, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
するど.い するどく.する けず.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
刀 (18, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
炎
Unicode
U+5261

Korean example words with 剡

  • 염수剡手 Korean gloss: 날카로운 칼끝이라는 뜻으로, 민첩한 솜씨를 이르는 말.
  • 묘염廟剡 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 벼슬에 알맞은 인재를 의정대신과 비변사 당상관이 모인 자리에서 추천하여 뽑던 일.
  • 참염지애斬剡之哀 Korean gloss: 목이 베이고 허리가 잘린 듯한 슬픔이라는 뜻으로, 삼년상 따위 상중(喪中)의 슬픔을 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 炎

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

倓 啖 惔 扊 欻 毯 淡 焱 琰 痰 睒 菼 談 郯 餤

Other hanja read “염”

冄 冉 厭 塩 懕 扊 染 檶 檿 灎 灧 灩 炎 焔 焰 焱 燄 琰 艶 艷 苒 釅 閻 饜 髥 髯 魘 鹽 黶

Other hanja with radical 刀

刀 刁 刂 刃 刄 刅 分 切 刈 刊 刋 刌 刎 刏 刑 划 刓 刔 刕 刖 列 刘 刜 初 删 判 別 刦 刧 刨 利 刪 别 刮 到 刱 刲 刳 刴 刵 制 刷 券 刹 刺 刻 剃 剄 則 剉 削 剋 剌 前 剎 剏 剒 剓 剔 剕

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