Hanja Analyzer
唸

唸 — jeon, jeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
신음할 전, 신음할 점
Romanization
jeon, jeom
English
recite, read, chant
Mandarin
niàn
Japanese on'yomi
テン
Japanese kun'yomi
うな.る うなり
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
口 (30, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
念
Unicode
U+5538

Parts that make up 唸

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 念 생각 념sound 머금을 금(今)과 마음 심(心)생각. ‘념’ 계열의 소리

How 唸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 唸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 念.

Japanese words with 唸

  • 唸るうなる to groan; to moan; to roar
  • 唸りうなり groan; moan; growl
  • 唸り声うなりごえ groan; moan; growl
  • 唸り出すうなりだす to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise
  • 唸るほどうなるほど to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn

Characters sharing the phonetic 念

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

捻 稔 諗

Other hanja read “전”

伝 佃 佺 倎 傎 傳 全 典 前 剪 吮 囀 塡 填 塼 奠 嫥 専 專 屇 展 巓 巔 廛 悛 戦 戩 戰 揃 旃 栓 栴 槙 殿 氈 湔 澱 澶 瀍 煎 牋 牷 猠 琠 甎 田 甸 畋 畑 畠 痊 瘨 癜 癲 磚 筌 箋 箭 篆 籛

Other hanja with radical 口

口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叴 叵 叶 号 司 叺 吁 吃 各 吅 吆 合 吉 吊 吋 同 名 后 吏 吐 向 吒 吕 吘 吚 君 吝 吞 吟 吠 吡 吢 否 吧 吨 吩 吪 含 听 吭 吮 启 吱 吲

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