Hanja Analyzer
忖

忖 — chon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
헤아릴 촌
Romanization
chon
English
guess, suppose, conjecture
Mandarin
cǔn
Japanese on'yomi
ソン
Japanese kun'yomi
はか.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
6
Radical
心 (61, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+5FD6

Parts that make up 忖

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 寸 마디 촌 尊 을 줄인 꼴 또는 팔의 맥 짚는 자리손으로 재고 다루는 일, 법도

How 忖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 忖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 寸.

Korean example words with 忖

  • 촌탁忖度 Korean gloss: 남의 마음을 미루어서 헤아림.

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

Japanese words with 忖

  • 忖度そんたく surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture
  • 忖度マスクそんたくマスク wearing a face mask solely to avoid upsetting others (during the COVID-19 pandemic); wearing a mask to not stand out

Other hanja read “촌”

Other hanja with radical 心

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences