Hanja Analyzer
捍

捍 — han

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
막을 한
Romanization
han
English
ward off, guard against, defend
Mandarin
hàn
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ガン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
ふせ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
10
Radical
手 (64, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
旱(한)
Unicode
U+634D

Parts that make up 捍

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 旱 가물 한sound 해 아래 마른 땅가물다. ‘한·간’ 계열의 소리

How 捍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 捍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 旱.

Characters sharing the phonetic 旱

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 “한” in Korean.

Other hanja read “한”

Other hanja with radical 手

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