Hanja Analyzer
憬

憬 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
깨달을/동경할 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
rouse, awaken; become conscious
Mandarin
jǐng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あこが.れる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
15
Radical
心 (61, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
景
Unicode
U+61AC

Parts that make up 憬

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 景 볕 경, 그림자 영sound 해와 서울 경(京)볕과 경치. ‘경’ 계열의 소리

How 憬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 憬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 景.

Korean example words with 憬

  • 동경憧憬 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 간절히 그리워하여 그것만을 생각함
  • 동경심憧憬心 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 간절히 그리워하여 그것만을 생각하는 마음

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

Japanese words with 憬

  • 憧憬どうけい longing; yearning; aspiration

Characters sharing the phonetic 景

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

影 璟 顥

Other hanja read “경”

京 亰 俓 倞 傾 儆 冂 冏 剄 剠 勁 勍 卿 哽 囧 坰 境 庚 径 徑 惸 慶 憼 扃 擎 敬 景 暻 更 梗 檠 涇 炅 焭 煢 熲 牼 璟 璥 瓊 甽 畊 痙 睘 硬 磬 竟 競 竸 絅 経 綆 經 罄 耕 耿 脛 莖 褧 謦

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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