Hanja Analyzer
很

很 — heun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
패려궂을 흔
Romanization
heun
English
very, quite, much
Mandarin
hěn
Japanese on'yomi
コン, ゴン
Japanese kun'yomi
もと.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Variant forms
佷
Radical
彳 (60, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
艮
Unicode
U+5F88

Parts that make up 很

  • 彳 네거리의 왼쪽 절반길을 가는 일
  • 艮 괘이름 간sound 돌아보는 눈‘간·안·한’ 계열의 소리

How 很 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 很 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 彳, 艮.

Japanese words with 很

  • 很戻こんれい acting contrary to reason; ruthless defiance; violation of morality, reason or justice

Characters sharing the phonetic 艮

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

Other hanja read “흔”

Other hanja with radical 彳

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