撰 — chan, cheon

Parts that make up 撰

How 撰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 撰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 巽.

Korean example words with 撰

• 찬인撰人 Korean gloss: 책이나 글 따위를 지은 사람
• 찬자撰者 Korean gloss: 책이나 글 따위를 지은 사람
• 관찬官撰 Korean gloss: 관청에서 서적을 편찬함. 또는 그 서적
• 찬집撰集 Korean gloss: 사실을 수집하여 기록함. 또는 그렇게 하여 엮은 책
• 찬술되다撰述 Korean gloss: 책이나 글이 지어지다
• 개찬하다改撰 Korean gloss: 책 따위를 고쳐 다시 짓다
• 명찬하다命撰 Korean gloss: 임금이 신하에게 책을 짓도록 명령하다
• 찬록하다撰錄 Korean gloss: 학문이나 문예 따위의 글을 짓거나 골라 모아서 기록하다
• 장찬粧撰 Korean gloss: 허물을 숨기고 꾸밈.
• 찬진撰進 Korean gloss: 글을 지어 임금에게 올림.
• 사찬私撰 Korean gloss: 개인이 편찬함. 또는 그 편찬물.
• 두찬杜撰 Korean gloss: 전거나 출처가 확실하지 못한 저술.

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

Japanese words with 撰

• 杜撰ずさん careless; sloppy; faulty
• 撰せん anthology (of poetry, etc.); compilation; collection
• 修撰しゅうせん editing; compiling
• 勅撰ちょくせん compilation for the emperor; emperor's literary production
• 撰者せんじゃ author; compiler; editor
• 撰述せんじゅつ writing (a book)
• 撰修せんしゅう writing (a book); compiling; editing
• 撰録せんろく compiling; editing; writing
• 官撰かんせん government compilation
• 撰文せんぶん writing (an epitaph, foreword, etc.); composition; epitaph
• 撰進せんしん compiling and presenting poems, texts, etc. to the emperor
• 勅撰集ちょくせんしゅう imperially commissioned poetry anthology

Characters sharing the phonetic 巽

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

Other hanja read “찬”

Other hanja with radical 手