Hanja Analyzer
成

成 — seong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이룰 성
Romanization
seong
English
completed, finished, fixed
Mandarin
chéng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
な.る な.す -な.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#116 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
戈 (62, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
丁(정)
Unicode
U+6210

Parts that make up 成

  • 𠂊 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포variant of 勹 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 戈 창 과 자루 긴 창무기와 싸움

How 成 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 成 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 戊, 丁.

Korean example words with 成

  • 성견成犬 Korean gloss: 다 자란 개
  • 성풍成風 Korean gloss: 풍속을 이룸
  • 성돈成豚 Korean gloss: 다 자란 돼지
  • 장성長成 Korean gloss: 발전하여 커짐
  • 성과成果 Korean gloss: 이루어 낸 결실
  • 성묘成猫 Korean gloss: 다 자란 고양이
  • 성어成魚 Korean gloss: 다 자란 물고기
  • 완성完成 Korean gloss: 완전히 다 이룸
  • 성공成功 Korean gloss: 목적하는 바를 이룸
  • 성산成算 Korean gloss: 일이 이루어질 가능성
  • 성관成冠 Korean gloss: 관례(冠禮)를 행하던 일
  • 성취成娶 Korean gloss: 장가를 들어 아내를 얻음

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

Japanese words with 成

  • 成長せいちょう growth; development; growing up
  • 賛成さんせい approval; agreement; support
  • 成果せいか (good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors)
  • 成立せいりつ formation; establishment; materialization
  • 編成へんせい composition; formation; organization
  • 結成けっせい formation; combination
  • 構成こうせい composition; construction; formation
  • 成功せいこう success; achievement; succeeding (in life)
  • 成績せいせき results; record; grades
  • 完成かんせい completion; perfection; accomplishment
  • 助成じょせい assisting; assistance; fostering
  • 形成けいせい formation; molding; making (up)

Characters sharing the phonetic 丁

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 “정” in Korean.

Other hanja read “성”

Other hanja with radical 戈

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