尖
尖 — cheom
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 뾰족할 첨
- Romanization
- cheom
- English
- sharp, pointed, acute, keen
- Mandarin
- jiān
- Japanese on'yomi
- セン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- とが.る さき するど.い
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,133 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 小 (42, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5C16
Parts that make up 尖
How 尖 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 尖 as a compound involving 小, 大.
Korean example words with 尖
- 첨탑尖塔 Korean gloss: 뾰족한 탑
- 첨단尖端 Korean gloss: 시대 사조, 학문, 유행 따위의 맨 앞장
- 첨병尖兵 Korean gloss: 행군의 맨 앞에서 경계ㆍ수색하는 임무를 맡은 병사. 또는 그런 부대
- 첨입尖入 Korean gloss: 적의 방어망 또는 공격하는 적의 전투 서열을 한 지점에서 뚫고 들어가는 전투 행동
- 최첨단最尖端 Korean gloss: 시대나 유행의 맨 앞
- 첨단풍尖端風 Korean gloss: 첨단 산업의 느낌을 주는 방식이나 풍모
- 첨예성尖銳性 Korean gloss: 상황이나 사태 따위가 날카롭고 격한 성질
- 첨단성尖端性 Korean gloss: 시대 사조, 학문, 유행 따위의 변화에서 가장 앞서가는 성질
- 검첨劍尖 Korean gloss: 칼의 끝.
- 도첨刀尖 Korean gloss: 칼의 끝.
- 각첨脚尖 Korean gloss: 발의 앞 끝.
- 설첨舌尖 Korean gloss: 혀의 끝부분.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 尖
- 尖るとがる to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp
- 尖りとんがり (sharp) point
- 尖度せんど kurtosis
- 尖部せんぶ apex
- 尖塔せんとう spire; steeple; pinnacle
- 肺尖はいせん pulmonary apex; apex of a lung
- 尖兵せんぺい vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment
- 尖頭せんとう pointed end; point; cusp
- 尖鼠とがりねずみ shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)
- 尖角せんかく apical angle; point angle
- 剣尖けんせん tip of a sword; point of a sword
- 尖みコスミ kosumi; diagonal move
Other hanja read “첨”
Other hanja with radical 小
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences