Hanja Analyzer
磐

磐 — ban

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
너럭바위 반
Romanization
ban
English
large rock, boulder; firm
Mandarin
pán
Japanese on'yomi
バン, ハン
Japanese kun'yomi
いわ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,701 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
石 (112, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
般(반)
Unicode
U+78D0

Parts that make up 磐

  • 般 가지/일반 반sound 배와 손에 든 것‘반·판’ 계열의 소리
  • 石 돌 석 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것

How 磐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 磐 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 般, 石.

Korean example words with 磐

  • 반석磐石 Korean gloss: 사물, 사상, 기틀 따위가 아주 견고함을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 안여반석安如磐石 Korean gloss: 마음이 반석같이 끄떡없고 든든함
  • 허반許磐 Korean gloss: 조선 연산군 때의 문신(?~1498). 자는 문병(文炳). 김종직의 문인(門人)으로, 김일손의 사초에 김종직의 조의제문(弔義帝
  • 낙반되다落磐 Korean gloss: 광산 따위의 갱내에서, 천장이나 벽의 암석이 떨어지게 되다.

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

Japanese words with 磐

  • 磐座いわくら dwelling place of a deity (usu. in reference to a large rock)
  • 磐境いわさか shrine
  • 磐城いわき Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
  • 常磐ときわ everlasting; eternal; unchanged
  • 常磐木ときわぎ evergreen tree
  • 常磐津ときわず style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
  • 常磐線じょうばんせん Jōban line
  • 常磐御柳ときわぎょりゅう beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
  • 常磐津節ときわずぶし style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
  • 常磐黄櫨ときわはぜ Japanese mazus (Mazus pumilus)
  • 常磐満作トキワマンサク Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense); loropetalum
  • 常磐大学ときわだいがく Tokiwa University

Characters sharing the phonetic 般

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 “반” in Korean.

Other hanja read “반”

Other hanja with radical 石

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