Hanja Analyzer
疔

疔 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
헌데 정
Romanization
jeong
English
carbuncle, boil, ulcer
Mandarin
dīng
Japanese on'yomi
チョウ, テイ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
疒 (104, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
丁(정)
Unicode
U+7594

Parts that make up 疔

  • 疒 병상에 기댄 사람병과 아픔
  • 丁 고무래/장정 정sound 못의 머리 또는 사람의 머리못과 단단한 것. ‘정’ 계열의 소리

How 疔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 疔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 疒, 丁.

Japanese words with 疔

  • 疔ちょう furuncle; carbuncle
  • 面疔めんちょう facial carbuncle; facial furuncle

Characters sharing the phonetic 丁

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 “정” in Korean.

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 疒

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