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恬

恬 — nyeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
편안할 념
Romanization
nyeom
English
quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful
Mandarin
tián
Japanese on'yomi
テン, デン
Japanese kun'yomi
やすら.く やす.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
心 (61, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
舌
Unicode
U+606C

Parts that make up 恬

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 舌 혀 설sound 입 밖으로 내민 혀혀와 말하고 맛보는 일

How 恬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 恬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 甜.

Korean example words with 恬

  • 염정하다恬靜 Korean gloss: 편안하고 고요하다
  • 염아恬雅 Korean gloss: ‘염아하다’의 어근.
  • 염일恬逸 Korean gloss: 마음이 편하고 자유로움.
  • 염퇴恬退 Korean gloss: 명예나 이익에 뜻이 없어서 벼슬을 내어놓고 물러남.
  • 몽염蒙恬 Korean gloss: 중국 진(秦)나라의 장수(?~B.C.209). B.C.221년 제(齊)나라를 멸망시킬 때 큰 공을 세웠다. B.C.215년 흉
  • 염결恬潔 Korean gloss: ‘염결하다’의 어근.
  • 염담恬淡 Korean gloss: ‘염담하다’의 어근.
  • 염연恬然 Korean gloss: ‘염연하다’의 어근.
  • 염태恬泰 Korean gloss: ‘염태하다’의 어근.
  • 염허恬虛 Korean gloss: ‘염허하다’의 어근.
  • 염밀하다恬謐 Korean gloss: 아주 편안하고 고요하다.
  • 염희하다恬嬉 Korean gloss: 맡은 직무를 게을리하다.

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

Japanese words with 恬

  • 恬てん cool; indifferent; nonchalant
  • 恬淡てんたん disinterested; unselfish; indifferent
  • 恬然てんぜん cool; indifferent; nonchalant
  • 無欲恬淡むよくてんたん indifferent to worldly gain
  • 虚無恬淡きょむてんたん rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
  • 恬淡虚無てんたんきょむ rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
  • 恬としててんとして coolly; indifferently; nonchalantly

Characters sharing the phonetic 舌

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

Other hanja read “념”

Other hanja with radical 心

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