愿

愿 — won

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 삼갈 원
Romanization: won
English: sincere, honest, virtuous
Mandarin: yuàn
Japanese on'yomi: ゲン, ガン
Japanese kun'yomi: つつし.む
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 14
Radical: 心 (61, 10 residual)
Phonetic component: 原(원)
Unicode: U+613F

Parts that make up 愿

原 언덕 원sound 벼랑에서 솟는 샘근원과 언덕. ‘원’ 계열의 소리
心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 愿 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 愿 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 原, 心.

Korean example words with 愿

향원鄕愿 Korean gloss: 수령을 속이고 양민을 괴롭히던 촌락의 토호. 겉으로는 선량한 척하면서 환곡이나 공물을 중간에서 가로채는 따위의 일을 하였다.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 原

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 “원” in Korean.

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Other hanja with radical 心

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