Hanja Analyzer
垣

垣 — won

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
담 원
Romanization
won
English
low wall
Mandarin
yuán
Japanese on'yomi
オン, カン, ガン, エン
Japanese kun'yomi
かき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,539 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
土 (32, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
亘
Unicode
U+57A3

Parts that make up 垣

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 亘 뻗칠 긍, 베풀 선, 굳셀 환sound 소용돌이를 위아래로 막은 모양‘긍·선’ 계열의 소리

How 垣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 垣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 亘.

Korean example words with 垣

  • 퇴원頹垣 Korean gloss: 허물어진 담.
  • 액원掖垣 Korean gloss: 임금이 거처하는 집.
  • 융원戎垣 Korean gloss: 대장(大將)의 자리.
  • 초원草垣 Korean gloss: 풀로 엮어 만든 담.
  • 단원壇垣 Korean gloss: 단 주위를 둘러싼 담.
  • 외원外垣 Korean gloss: 바깥으로 둘러쌓은 담.
  • 토원土垣 Korean gloss: 흙으로 쌓아 만든 담.
  • 궁원宮垣 Korean gloss: 궁 주위에 쌓아 올린 담.
  • 번원藩垣 Korean gloss: 제왕 또는 절도사를 이르는 말.
  • 문원文垣 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에, 사명을 짓는 일을 맡아보던 관아.
  • 수원袖垣 Korean gloss: 길그물의 양쪽에 옷소매처럼 길게 달려 있는 그물.
  • 원장垣牆 Korean gloss: 풀이나 나무 따위를 얽거나 엮어서 담 대신에 경계를 지어 막는 물건.

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

Japanese words with 垣

  • 石垣いしがき stone wall
  • 垣根かきね hedge; fence; border
  • 垣かき fence; hedge; railing
  • 人垣ひとがき wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
  • 垣間見るかいまみる to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
  • 中垣なかがき middle fence
  • 生垣いけがき hedge
  • 斎垣いがき fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
  • 竹垣たけがき bamboo fence (hedge)
  • 友垣ともがき friend
  • 袖垣そでがき low fence flanking a gate or entrance
  • 姫垣ひめがき low fence

Characters sharing the phonetic 亘

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

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 土

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