Hanja Analyzer
憾

憾 — gam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
섭섭할 감
Romanization
gam
English
to regret, remorse; dissatisfied
Mandarin
hàn
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ゴン, タン, ドン
Japanese kun'yomi
うら.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,682 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
心 (61, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
感(감)
Unicode
U+61BE

Parts that make up 憾

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 感 느낄 감sound 다 함(咸)과 마음 심(心)느끼다. ‘감’ 계열의 소리

How 憾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 憾 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 感.

Korean example words with 憾

  • 협감挾憾 Korean gloss: 원망하는 뜻을 품음
  • 감정憾情 Korean gloss: 원망하거나 성내는 마음
  • 숙감宿憾 Korean gloss: 오래된 원한이나 좋지 못한 감정
  • 사감私憾 Korean gloss: 사사로운 일로 언짢게 여기는 마음
  • 유감하다遺憾 Korean gloss: 마음에 차지 아니하여 섭섭하다
  • 만유감萬遺憾 Korean gloss: 모든 유감
  • 감정화憾情化 Korean gloss: 어떤 현상이나 일에 대하여 감정적이 됨. 또는 그렇게 만듦
  • 감한憾恨 Korean gloss: 원망을 느낌.
  • 감회憾悔 Korean gloss: 한탄하고 뉘우침.
  • 유감천만遺憾千萬 Korean gloss: 섭섭하기 짝이 없음
  • 함감含憾 Korean gloss: 원망하는 뜻을 품음.
  • 여감餘憾 Korean gloss: 풀지 못하고 남은 원한.

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

Japanese words with 憾

  • 遺憾いかん regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable
  • 憾むうらむ to regret
  • 遺憾なくいかんなく fully; to the full; (most) satisfactorily
  • 遺憾千万いかんせんばん extremely regrettable; deeply unfortunate; most disappointing
  • 遺憾の意いかんのい regret; disappointment
  • 遺憾ながらいかんながら I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
  • 遺憾にたえないいかんにたえない deeply regrettable

Characters sharing the phonetic 感

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 “감” in Korean.

Other hanja read “감”

Other hanja with radical 心

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