Hanja Analyzer
懃

懃 — geun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
은근할 근
Romanization
geun
English
courteous, cordial; zealous
Mandarin
qín
Japanese on'yomi
キン, ゴン
Japanese kun'yomi
ねんごろ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Radical
心 (61, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+61C3

Parts that make up 懃

  • 勤 부지런할 근
  • 心 마음 심 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임

How 懃 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 懃 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 勤, 心.

Korean example words with 懃

  • 은근하다慇懃 Korean gloss: 행동 따위가 함부로 드러나지 아니하고 은밀하다
  • 근간하다懃懇 Korean gloss: 은근하고 간절하다.
  • 은근짜慇懃짜 Korean gloss: 몰래 몸을 파는 여자를 속되게 이르는 말
  • 은근히慇懃히 Korean gloss: 행동 따위가 함부로 드러나지 아니하고 은밀하게
  • 은근살짝慇懃살짝 Korean gloss: 은근하게 살짝
  • 은근슬쩍慇懃슬쩍 Korean gloss: 은근하게 슬쩍
  • 은근지다慇懃지다 Korean gloss: 매우 은근하게 느껴지는 데가 있다
  • 은근무례慇懃無禮 Korean gloss: 지나치게 겸손하고 정중하게 대접하여 오히려 무례함.
  • 은근미롱하다慇懃尾籠 Korean gloss: 지나치게 겸손하고 정중하게 대접하여 오히려 무례하다.
  • 은근스레慇懃스레 Korean gloss: 매우 은근하거나 또는 은근한 느낌이 있게.

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

Japanese words with 懃

  • 慇懃いんぎん polite; courteous; civil
  • 慇懃無礼いんぎんぶれい superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
  • 馬鹿慇懃ばかいんぎん overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness
  • 慇懃丁重いんぎんていちょう polite and courteous
  • 慇懃を通じるいんぎんをつうじる to have a surreptitious sexual relationship with; to have an illicit love affair with

Other hanja read “근”

Other hanja with radical 心

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