Hanja Analyzer
槍

槍 — chang, jaeng

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
창 창, 혜성 쟁
Romanization
chang, jaeng
English
spear, lance; gun, rifle
Mandarin
qiāng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
やり
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,261 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
木 (75, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
倉(창)
Unicode
U+69CD

Parts that make up 槍

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 倉 곳집 창sound 곡식을 넣어 두는 곳집곳집. ‘창·창’ 계열의 소리

How 槍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 槍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 倉.

Korean example words with 槍

  • 죽창竹槍 Korean gloss: 대로 만든 창
  • 창법槍法 Korean gloss: 창을 쓰는 법
  • 철창鐵槍 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 창
  • 총창銃槍 Korean gloss: 총에 꽂는 창
  • 창병槍兵 Korean gloss: 창을 쓰는 병사
  • 창술槍術 Korean gloss: 창을 다루는 기술
  • 창군槍軍 Korean gloss: 창을 주 무기로 삼던 군사
  • 도창刀槍 Korean gloss: 칼과 창을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 창봉槍棒 Korean gloss: 창과 곤봉을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 창검槍劍 Korean gloss: 무기나 무력을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 관창管槍 Korean gloss: 소화전 끝부분에 달려 있는 분출 장치. 불을 끄기 위해 엄청난 압력의 물을 뿜어내는, 대롱형의 작은 구멍이다
  • 대창대槍 Korean gloss: 대로 만든 창

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

Japanese words with 槍

  • 槍やり spear; lance; javelin
  • 槍玉やりだま skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear; victim
  • 竹槍たけやり bamboo spear
  • 横槍よこやり interruption; interference; butting in
  • 槍先やりさき spearhead
  • 槍衾やりぶすま line of spears held at the ready
  • 槍術そうじゅつ spearmanship
  • 鎌槍かまやり spear with curved or straight cross-blades
  • 聖槍せいそう holy lance; sacred spear
  • 長槍ながやり long spear; pike
  • 槍鱮やりたなご Tanakia lanceolata (species of cyprinid)
  • 斧槍ふそう halberd

Characters sharing the phonetic 倉

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 “창” in Korean.

Other hanja read “창”

Other hanja with radical 木

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences