Hanja Analyzer
柬

柬 — gan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가릴 간
Romanization
gan
English
letter, invitation; choose
Mandarin
jiǎn
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
えら.ぶ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
木 (75, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+67EC

How 柬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 柬 as a ideographic compound involving 束, 八.

Korean example words with 柬

  • 서간書柬 Korean gloss: 안부, 소식, 용무 따위를 적어 보내는 글
  • 발간하다發柬 Korean gloss: 초대장을 보내다.

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

Japanese words with 柬

  • 柬埔寨カンボジア Cambodia

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 木

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