Hanja Analyzer
演

演 — yeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
펼 연
Romanization
yeon
English
perform, put on; exercise
Mandarin
yǎn
Japanese on'yomi
エン, イン
Japanese kun'yomi
のべる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#267 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
水 (85, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
寅
Unicode
U+6F14

Parts that make up 演

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 寅 범[虎]/동방 인, 공경할 이sound

How 演 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 演 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 寅.

Korean example words with 演

  • 연사演士 Korean gloss: 연설하는 사람
  • 명연名演 Korean gloss: 훌륭한 연기 또는 연주
  • 연제演題 Korean gloss: 연설이나 강연 따위의 제목
  • 연습演習 Korean gloss: 실지로 하는 것처럼 하면서 익힘
  • 공연共演 Korean gloss: 연극이나 영화 따위에 함께 출연함
  • 내연來演 Korean gloss: 다른 지역의 예능인 등이 와서 공연함
  • 연영演映 Korean gloss: ‘연극’과 ‘영화’를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 연단演壇 Korean gloss: 연설이나 강연을 하는 사람이 올라서는 단
  • 열연熱演 Korean gloss: 열렬하게 연기함. 또는 그런 연기(演技)
  • 연주演奏 Korean gloss: 악기를 다루어 곡을 표현하거나 들려주는 일
  • 연술演述 Korean gloss: 자기의 사상, 의견 따위를 말이나 글로 나타냄
  • 객연客演 Korean gloss: 전속(專屬)이 아닌 배우가 임시로 고용되어 출연함

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

Japanese words with 演

  • 演説えんぜつ speech; address
  • 公演こうえん public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
  • 講演こうえん lecture; address; speech
  • 演出えんしゅつ direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event)
  • 出演しゅつえん appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
  • 演奏えんそう musical performance
  • 演劇えんげき drama; theatre; theater
  • 演技えんぎ acting; performance
  • 演習えんしゅう practice; exercise; drill
  • 主演しゅえん starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
  • 上演じょうえん performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
  • 初演しょえん first performance; premiere

Characters sharing the phonetic 寅

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

夤

Other hanja read “연”

Other hanja with radical 水

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