Hanja Analyzer
眈

眈 — tam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노려볼 탐
Romanization
tam
English
gloat, stare at; to delay, to loiter, to hinder
Mandarin
dān
Japanese on'yomi
タン, トン, ドン, チン
Japanese kun'yomi
にら.む
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
目 (109, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
冗
Unicode
U+7708

Parts that make up 眈

  • 目 눈 목 눈보는 일과 눈으로 하는 판단
  • 冘 머뭇거릴 유, 갈 유 어깨에 짐을 멘 사람‘침·유’ 계열의 소리

How 眈 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 眈 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 目, 冘.

Korean example words with 眈

  • 탐탐眈眈 Korean gloss: 위엄 있게 주시하고 있는 모양.
  • 호시탐탐하다虎視眈眈 Korean gloss: 남의 것을 빼앗기 위하여 형세를 살피며 가만히 기회를 엿보다. 범이 눈을 부릅뜨고 먹이를 노려본다는 뜻에서 나온 말로, ≪주역

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

Japanese words with 眈

  • 眈々たんたん (glaring) covetously; (watching) eagerly (for a chance)
  • 虎視眈々こしたんたん vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

Characters sharing the phonetic 冗

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

忱 枕 沉 耽 酖 髧 鴆

Other hanja read “탐”

僋 嗿 忐 探 耽 貪 酖 醓

Other hanja with radical 目

目 盱 盲 直 相 盹 盻 盼 盾 省 眄 眇 眉 眊 看 県 眚 眛 眞 眠 眥 眦 眨 眩 眴 眷 眸 眺 眻 眼 眾 着 睆 睇 睊 睍 睒 睘 睚 睛 睟 睠 睡 睢 督 睥 睦 睨 睫 睬 睷 睹 睽 睾 睿 瞋 瞍 瞎 瞑 瞖

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