Hanja Analyzer
嫌

嫌 — hyeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
싫어할 혐
Romanization
hyeom
English
hate, detest; suspect; criticize
Mandarin
xián
Japanese on'yomi
ケン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
きら.う きら.い いや
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,207 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
女 (38, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
兼(겸)
Unicode
U+5ACC

Parts that make up 嫌

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 兼 겸할 겸sound 벼 두 포기를 한 손에 쥔 모양아우름. ‘겸·렴’ 계열의 소리

How 嫌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嫌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 兼.

Korean example words with 嫌

  • 사혐私嫌 Korean gloss: 개인적인 혐의
  • 숙혐宿嫌 Korean gloss: 오래 묵은 혐의
  • 시혐猜嫌 Korean gloss: 시기하고 싫어함
  • 증혐憎嫌 Korean gloss: 미워하고 싫어함
  • 원혐怨嫌 Korean gloss: 못마땅하게 여겨 싫어하고 미워함
  • 노혐怒嫌 Korean gloss: 분하고 섭섭하여 화가 치미는 감정
  • 혐사嫌似 Korean gloss: 의심스러워할 만함. 또는 그런 점
  • 혐한嫌韓 Korean gloss: 한국이나 한국인을 싫어하고 미워함
  • 세혐世嫌 Korean gloss: 두 집안 사이에 대대로 내려오는 원한과 미움
  • 함혐含嫌 Korean gloss: 싫어하거나 미워하는 마음을 가짐. 또는 그 마음
  • 극혐極嫌 Korean gloss: 어떠한 것을 정도가 심하게 싫어하고 미워함. 또는 그런 것
  • 혐기하다嫌忌 Korean gloss: 싫어하고 꺼리다

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

Japanese words with 嫌

  • 嫌いや disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do)
  • 嫌いきらい disliking; hating; detesting
  • 嫌気いやき dislike; disgust; disinclination
  • 嫌がらせいやがらせ harassment; pestering
  • 機嫌きげん humour; humor; temper
  • 嫌うきらう to hate; to dislike; to loathe
  • 上機嫌じょうきげん good humour (humor); good mood
  • 嫌疑けんぎ suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
  • 嫌悪けんお disgust; hate; repugnance
  • 好き嫌いすききらい likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences
  • 大嫌いだいきらい hating; strongly disliking
  • 不機嫌ふきげん pout; displeasure; ill humor

Characters sharing the phonetic 兼

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “겸” in Korean.

Other hanja with radical 女

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