Hanja Analyzer
嘆

嘆 — tan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
한숨쉴[歎] 탄
Romanization
tan
English
sigh, admire
Mandarin
tàn
Japanese on'yomi
タン
Japanese kun'yomi
なげ.く なげ.かわしい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,584 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
口 (30, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
菫
Unicode
U+5606

How 嘆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嘆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 歎.

Korean example words with 嘆

  • 애탄哀嘆 Korean gloss: 슬피 탄식함
  • 괴탄怪嘆 Korean gloss: 괴상하게 여기어 탄식함
  • 탄사嘆辭 Korean gloss: 몹시 탄식하여 하는 말
  • 감탄感嘆 Korean gloss: 마음속 깊이 느끼어 탄복함
  • 자탄自嘆 Korean gloss: 자기의 일에 대하여 탄식함
  • 탄성嘆聲 Korean gloss: 몹시 한탄하거나 탄식하는 소리
  • 개탄慨嘆 Korean gloss: 분하거나 못마땅하게 여겨 한탄함
  • 장탄長嘆 Korean gloss: 긴 한숨을 지으며 깊이 탄식하는 일
  • 탄식嘆息 Korean gloss: 한탄하여 한숨을 쉼. 또는 그 한숨
  • 탄원嘆願 Korean gloss: 사정을 하소연하여 도와주기를 간절히 바람
  • 통탄하다痛嘆 Korean gloss: 몹시 탄식하다
  • 찬탄하다贊嘆 Korean gloss: 칭찬하며 감탄하다

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

Japanese words with 嘆

  • 嘆きなげき grief; lamentation
  • 嘆願たんがん entreaty; appeal; petition
  • 感嘆かんたん admiration; wonder; astonishment
  • 驚嘆きょうたん wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
  • 悲嘆ひたん grief; sorrow; anguish
  • 嘆息たんそく sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting
  • 嘆かわしいなげかわしい lamentable; deplorable; regrettable
  • 嘆くなげく to lament; to grieve; to regret
  • 嘆たん sigh; grief; lamentation
  • 嘆声たんせい sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
  • 詠嘆えいたん exclamation; admiration
  • 三嘆さんたん deep admiration; repeatedly lamenting

Characters sharing the phonetic 菫

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

Other hanja read “탄”

Other hanja with radical 口

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences