Hanja Analyzer
燦

燦 — chan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛날 찬
Romanization
chan
English
vivid, illuminating; bright
Mandarin
càn
Japanese on'yomi
サン
Japanese kun'yomi
さん.たる あき.らか きらめ.く きら.めく
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
17
Radical
火 (86, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
粲(찬)
Unicode
U+71E6

Parts that make up 燦

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 粲 선명할/하얀쌀밥 찬sound

How 燦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 燦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 粲.

Korean example words with 燦

  • 찬연하다燦然 Korean gloss: 빛 따위가 눈부시게 밝다
  • 찬란히燦爛 Korean gloss: 빛깔이나 모양 따위가 매우 화려하고 아름답게
  • 찬란육리燦爛陸離 Korean gloss: 빛깔이 영롱하고 황홀함
  • 작찬하다灼燦 Korean gloss: 빛나고 아름답다.
  • 찬섬하다燦閃 Korean gloss: 번쩍번쩍 빛나다.
  • 찬엄燦嚴 Korean gloss: ‘찬엄하다’의 어근.
  • 찬찬燦燦 Korean gloss: ‘찬찬하다’의 어근.
  • 영광찬란하다榮光燦爛 Korean gloss: 매우 영광스럽고 찬란하다
  • 유치찬란하다幼稚燦爛 Korean gloss: 수준이나 정도가 엄청나게 낮다
  • 이찬형李燦亨 Korean gloss: ‘학눌’의 속명(俗名).
  • 찬찬히燦燦히 Korean gloss: 번쩍번쩍 빛이 나며 아름답게
  • 찬연히燦然히 Korean gloss: 어떤 일이나 사물이 영광스럽고 훌륭하게

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

Japanese words with 燦

  • 燦さん brilliant; resplendent
  • 燦々さんさん brilliant; bright
  • 燦然さんぜん brilliant; radiant; bright
  • 燦爛さんらん brilliant; bright; radiant
  • 燦然と輝くさんぜんとかがやく to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly

Characters sharing the phonetic 粲

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 “찬” in Korean.

璨

Other hanja read “찬”

Other hanja with radical 火

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