Hanja Analyzer
澗

澗 — gan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
산골물 간
Romanization
gan
English
brook, mountain stream
Mandarin
jiàn
Japanese on'yomi
カン
Japanese kun'yomi
たに たにみず
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Radical
水 (85, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
閒(간)
Unicode
U+6F97

Parts that make up 澗

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 間 사이 간 문틈으로 든 햇빛사이. ‘간’ 계열의 소리

How 澗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 澗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 閒.

Korean example words with 澗

  • 곡간谷澗 Korean gloss: 산골짜기를 흐르는 시냇물
  • 석간수石澗水 Korean gloss: 돌이 많은 산골짜기에 흐르는 맑은 시냇물
  • 간하수澗下水 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 병자(丙子)ㆍ정축(丁丑)에 붙이는 납음(納音)
  • 간송澗松 Korean gloss: ‘전형필’의 호.
  • 간계澗谿 Korean gloss: 산골에 흐르는 물.
  • 간아澗阿 Korean gloss: 골짜기의 굽은 곳.
  • 청간淸澗 Korean gloss: 맑고 깨끗한 시내.
  • 간학澗壑 Korean gloss: 물이 흐르는 골짜기.
  • 간류澗流 Korean gloss: 산골짜기에 흐르는 물.
  • 간수澗水 Korean gloss: 골짜기에서 흐르는 물.
  • 간반澗畔 Korean gloss: 산골 물이 흐르는 냇가.
  • 간저澗底 Korean gloss: 산골짜기 개울의 밑바닥.

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

Japanese words with 澗

  • 澗かん 10^36; undecillion
  • 渓澗けいかん mountain stream; valley

Characters sharing the phonetic 閒

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 “간” in Korean.

癎

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 水

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