Hanja Analyzer
慘

慘 — cham

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
참혹할 참
Romanization
cham
English
sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
Mandarin
cǎn
Japanese on'yomi
サン, シン, ザン
Japanese kun'yomi
みじ.め いた.む むご.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Variant forms
惨
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
渗
Unicode
U+6158

Parts that make up 慘

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 參 참여할 참, 석 삼 머리 위에 얹힌 별 셋‘참·삼’ 계열의 소리

How 慘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 參.

Korean example words with 慘

  • 참사慘史 Korean gloss: 비참한 역사
  • 참형慘刑 Korean gloss: 참혹한 형벌
  • 참사慘事 Korean gloss: 비참하고 끔찍한 일
  • 참경慘景 Korean gloss: 끔찍하고 비참한 광경
  • 참몰慘歿 Korean gloss: 모조리 참혹하게 죽음
  • 참상慘狀 Korean gloss: 비참하고 끔찍한 상태나 상황
  • 참황慘況 Korean gloss: 비참하고 끔찍한 상태나 상황
  • 참화慘禍 Korean gloss: 비참하고 끔찍한 재난이나 사고
  • 참척慘慽 Korean gloss: 자손이 부모나 조부모보다 먼저 죽는 일
  • 참변慘變 Korean gloss: 뜻밖에 당하는 끔찍하고 비참한 재앙이나 사고
  • 궁참하다窮慘 Korean gloss: 궁하고 비참하다
  • 참살하다慘殺 Korean gloss: 참혹하게 죽이다

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 渗

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

嘇 摻 毿 糝 蔘 驂 鬖 黲

Other hanja read “참”

僣 僭 儳 劖 参 參 叅 噆 塹 嶄 巉 惨 慙 慚 憯 懺 攙 斬 槧 欃 毚 渗 站 譖 讒 讖 鏨 鑱 饞 驂 黲

Other hanja with radical 心

心 必 忉 忌 忍 忐 忒 忖 志 忘 忙 応 忝 忞 忟 忠 忡 忢 忤 忨 快 忭 忮 忱 念 忷 忸 忻 忼 忽 忿 怊 怍 怏 怒 怓 怔 怕 怖 怗 怙 怛 怜 思 怠 怡 急 怦 性 怨 怩 怪 怭 怯 怰 怱 怲 怳 怵 怾

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