Hanja Analyzer
嬋

嬋 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
고울 선
Romanization
seon
English
beautiful, lovely, pretty, graceful
Mandarin
chán
Japanese on'yomi
セン, ゼン
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
女 (38, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
單
Unicode
U+5B0B

Parts that make up 嬋

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 單 홑 단, 고을이름 선sound 갈래진 사냥 도구홑. ‘단·선·탄’ 계열의 소리

How 嬋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 嬋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 單.

Korean example words with 嬋

  • 선연嬋姸 Korean gloss: ‘선연하다’의 어근.
  • 선연하다嬋娟 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 곱고 아름답다.
  • 선연히嬋娟히 Korean gloss: 얼굴이 곱고 아름답게.
  • 선연히嬋姸히 Korean gloss: 몸맵시가 날씬하고 아름답게.

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

Japanese words with 嬋

  • 嬋娟せんけん graceful; slim and beautiful

Characters sharing the phonetic 單

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

僤 匰 嘽 墠 幝 彈 憚 戰 殫 癉 禪 簞 蟬 觶 鄲 闡 驒 鱓 鼉

Other hanja read “선”

仙 傓 僊 僎 先 善 墠 墡 嫙 宣 尟 尠 屳 愃 扇 敾 旋 歚 毨 渲 煽 珗 琁 瑄 璇 璿 癬 禅 禪 筅 綫 線 縇 繕 缐 羡 羨 腺 膳 船 蘚 蝉 蟬 詵 譔 譱 跣 躚 選 銑 鏇 鐥 饍 騸 鮮 鱓 鱔 鱻

Other hanja with radical 女

女 奴 奶 奸 好 妁 如 妃 妄 妊 妍 妑 妒 妓 妖 妗 妙 妝 妣 妥 妧 妨 妬 妯 妲 妵 妹 妻 妾 姃 姆 姈 姉 始 姍 姐 姑 姒 姓 委 姗 姙 姚 姜 姝 姞 姢 姣 姤 姥 姦 姨 姪 姫 姬 姮 姸 姺 姻 姿

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