Hanja Analyzer
恩

恩 — eun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
은혜 은
Romanization
eun
English
kindness, mercy, charity
Mandarin
ēn
Japanese on'yomi
オン
Japanese kun'yomi
いつくしむ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,418 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
心 (61, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
因(인)
Unicode
U+6069

Parts that make up 恩

  • 因 인할 인sound 자리에 몸을 눕힌 모양말미암음. ‘인’ 계열의 소리
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 恩 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 恩 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 因, 心.

Korean example words with 恩

  • 은교恩敎 Korean gloss: 임금의 말
  • 사은師恩 Korean gloss: 스승의 은혜
  • 왕은王恩 Korean gloss: 임금의 은혜
  • 황은皇恩 Korean gloss: 황제의 은혜
  • 후은厚恩 Korean gloss: 두터운 은혜
  • 은정恩政 Korean gloss: 은혜롭게 다스림
  • 우은優恩 Korean gloss: 임금의 두터운 은혜
  • 은고恩顧 Korean gloss: 은혜를 베풀어 보살펴 줌
  • 은연恩筵 Korean gloss: 임금이 베풀어 주던 잔치
  • 은의恩意 Korean gloss: 은혜를 베풀고자 하는 뜻
  • 은인恩人 Korean gloss: 자신에게 은혜를 베푼 사람
  • 국은國恩 Korean gloss: 백성이 나라로부터 받는 은혜

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

Japanese words with 恩

  • 恩恵おんけい grace; favor; favour
  • 恩赦おんしゃ amnesty; pardon
  • 恩師おんし teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
  • 恩おん favour; favor; obligation
  • 恩返しおんがえし paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
  • 恩給おんきゅう pension (esp. public servant's); a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
  • 恩賜おんし Imperial gift
  • 恩義おんぎ obligation; favour; favor
  • 恩人おんじん benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal
  • 恩典おんてん favour; favor; act of grace
  • 謝恩会しゃおんかい thank-you party
  • 恩知らずおんしらず ungrateful

Characters sharing the phonetic 因

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “인” in Korean.

Other hanja read “은”

Other hanja with radical 心

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