Hanja Analyzer
婪

婪 — ram

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
탐할 람
Romanization
ram
English
covet; covetous, avaricious
Mandarin
lán
Japanese on'yomi
ラン
Japanese kun'yomi
むさぼ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
女 (38, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
林
Unicode
U+5A6A

Parts that make up 婪

  • 林 수풀 림sound 나무 둘이 늘어선 숲숲과 나무가 많은 곳
  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계

How 婪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 林, 女.

Japanese words with 婪

  • 貪婪どんらん avarice; greed

Characters sharing the phonetic 林

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

Other hanja read “람”

Other hanja with radical 女

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