Hanja Analyzer
存

存 — jon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
있을 존
Romanization
jon
English
exist, live, be; survive; remain
Mandarin
cún
Japanese on'yomi
ソン, ゾン, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
ながら.える あ.る たも.つ と.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#577 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
子 (39, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+5B58

How 存 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 存 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 才, 子.

Korean example words with 存

  • 현존現存 Korean gloss: 현재 살아 있음
  • 자존自存 Korean gloss: 자기 힘으로 생존함
  • 소존所存 Korean gloss: 여전히 남아 있는 것
  • 생존生存 Korean gloss: 살아 있음. 또는 살아남음
  • 잔존殘存 Korean gloss: 없어지지 아니하고 남아 있음
  • 존폐存廢 Korean gloss: 존속과 폐지를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 존속存續 Korean gloss: 어떤 대상이 그대로 있거나 어떤 현상이 계속됨
  • 존망存亡 Korean gloss: 존속과 멸망 또는 생존과 사망을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 존안存案 Korean gloss: 없애지 아니하고 보존하여 둠. 또는 그런 문건이나 안건
  • 존재存在 Korean gloss: 다른 사람의 주목을 끌 만한 두드러진 품위나 처지. 또는 그런 대상
  • 기존하다旣存 Korean gloss: 이미 존재하다
  • 동존하다同存 Korean gloss: 같이 존재하다

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

Japanese words with 存

  • 存在そんざい existence; being; presence
  • 保存ほぞん preservation; conservation; storage
  • 既存きそん existing
  • 依存いぞん dependence; reliance
  • 生存せいぞん existence; being; life
  • 存続そんぞく continuance; survival; persistence
  • 共存きょうぞん coexistence
  • ご存知ごぞんじ knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
  • 存分ぞんぶん to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve
  • 温存おんぞん preservation; retainment; keeping
  • 存亡そんぼう life or death; existence; destiny
  • 存廃そんぱい maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence

Characters sharing the phonetic 存

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

Other hanja read “존”

Other hanja with radical 子

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