Hanja Analyzer
研

研 — yeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갈 연
Romanization
yeon
English
grind, rub; study, research
Mandarin
yán
Japanese on'yomi
ケン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
と.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#336 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Variant forms
硏
Radical
石 (112, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+7814

Parts that make up 研

  • 石 돌 석 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것
  • 开 variant of 幵 나란히 세운 방패 둘‘견·형’ 계열의 소리

How 研 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 研 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 幵.

Japanese words with 研

  • 研究けんきゅう research; study; investigation
  • 研究所けんきゅうじょ research institute; (research) laboratory
  • 研修けんしゅう training (esp. in-service); induction course
  • 研究者けんきゅうしゃ researcher
  • 研究員けんきゅういん researcher; lab worker
  • 研究室けんきゅうしつ laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
  • 研究家けんきゅうか researcher; student (of)
  • 経済研究所けいざいけんきゅうじょ economic research institute
  • 研究官けんきゅうかん research officer
  • 研磨けんま grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.)
  • 研修員けんしゅういん trainee
  • 司法研修所しほうけんしゅうじょ Judicial Research and Training Institute

Other hanja read “연”

Other hanja with radical 石

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