Hanja Analyzer
筅

筅 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
솔 선
Romanization
seon
English
a bamboo brush
Mandarin
xiǎn
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese kun'yomi
ささら
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
竹 (118, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
先(선)
Unicode
U+7B45

Parts that make up 筅

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 先 먼저 선sound 앞으로 내딛는 발과 사람먼저. ‘선’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 筅

  • 茶筅ちゃせん tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
  • 茶筅髪ちゃせんがみ hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
  • 茶筅羊歯ちゃせんしだ maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)

Characters sharing the phonetic 先

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 “선” in Korean.

Other hanja read “선”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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