Hanja Analyzer
戡

戡 — gam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이길 감
Romanization
gam
English
subjugate, subdue, quell; kill
Mandarin
kān
Japanese on'yomi
カン, チン, コン
Japanese kun'yomi
かつ さす
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
戈 (62, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
甚
Unicode
U+6221

Parts that make up 戡

  • 甚 심할 심sound 맛을 지나치게 즐기는 모양‘심·감’ 계열의 소리
  • 戈 창 과 자루 긴 창무기와 싸움

How 戡 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 戡 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 甚, 戈.

Korean example words with 戡

  • 감란戡亂 Korean gloss: 난리를 평온하게 진정시킴.
  • 감이하다戡夷 Korean gloss: 적을 무찌르고 난리를 평정하다.
  • 감정되다戡定 Korean gloss: 적이 물러나고 난리가 평정되다.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 甚

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

Other hanja read “감”

Other hanja with radical 戈

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