Hanja Analyzer
囀

囀 — jeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새 지저귈 전, 후렴 전
Romanization
jeon
English
sing, chirp, warble, twitter
Mandarin
zhuàn
Japanese on'yomi
テン
Japanese kun'yomi
さえず.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Radical
口 (30, 18 residual)
Unicode
U+56C0

Parts that make up 囀

  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍
  • 轉 구를 전

How 囀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 囀 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 口, 轉.

Japanese words with 囀

  • 囀るさえずる to sing; to chirp; to twitter
  • 囀りさえずり chirp; twitter; warble

Other hanja read “전”

Other hanja with radical 口

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