Hanja Analyzer
淫

淫 — eum

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
음란할 음
Romanization
eum
English
obscene, licentious, lewd
Mandarin
yín
Japanese on'yomi
イン, エン, ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひた.す ほしいまま みだ.ら みだ.れる みだり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
11
Variant forms
婬
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+6DEB

How 淫 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淫 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 㸒.

Korean example words with 淫

  • 음기淫氣 Korean gloss: 음란한 기운
  • 음위淫威 Korean gloss: 대단한 위세
  • 음란淫亂 Korean gloss: 음탕하고 난잡함
  • 매음賣淫 Korean gloss: 돈을 받고 몸을 팖
  • 음락淫樂 Korean gloss: 음란하게 놀고 즐김
  • 음사淫辭 Korean gloss: 음란하고 방탕한 말
  • 음담淫談 Korean gloss: 음란하고 방탕한 이야기
  • 황음荒淫 Korean gloss: 함부로 음탕한 짓을 함
  • 음형淫刑 Korean gloss: 음란하고 추잡스러운 형벌
  • 음사淫祀 Korean gloss: 부정한 귀신에게 지내는 제사
  • 음일淫佚 Korean gloss: 마음껏 음란하고 방탕하게 놂
  • 음서淫書 Korean gloss: 음란하고 방탕한 내용을 적은 책

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

Japanese words with 淫

  • 淫いん licentiousness
  • 淫らみだら obscene; indecent; lewd
  • 淫行いんこう obscenity; harlotry
  • 淫事いんじ lascivious act
  • 淫心いんしん sexual passion
  • 淫蕩いんとう debauchery; dissipation; lewdness
  • 淫売いんばい prostitution; prostitute
  • 淫婦いんぷ woman of loose morals; lewd woman; prostitute
  • 淫風いんぷう lewd manners; immorality
  • 淫奔いんぽん lewdness; lasciviousness
  • 淫乱いんらん debauched; lewd; lascivious
  • 淫祠いんし shrine of evil deity

Other hanja read “음”

吟 喑 婬 崟 廕 愔 蔭 陰 霪 音 飮 飲

Other hanja with radical 水

水 氷 永 氾 氿 汀 汁 求 汃 汋 汎 汏 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汙 汚 汛 汜 汝 汞 江 池 污 汨 汩 汪 汭 汰 汲 汴 汶 決 汽 汾 沁 沂 沃 沄 沅 沆 沇 沈 沉 沌 沍 沐 沒 沓 沔 沕 沖 沘 沙 沚 沛 没 沢

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