Hanja Analyzer
筍

筍 — sun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
죽순 순
Romanization
sun
English
bamboo shoot; joint; tendon
Mandarin
sǔn
Japanese on'yomi
ジュン, シュン, イン
Japanese kun'yomi
たけのこ たかんな
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Variant forms
笋
Radical
竹 (118, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
旬(순)
Unicode
U+7B4D

Parts that make up 筍

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 旬 열흘 순sound 해를 한 바퀴 감싼 모양을 빌려 쓴 것열흘. ‘순’ 계열의 소리

How 筍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 筍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 旬.

Korean example words with 筍

  • 죽순竹筍 Korean gloss: 대의 땅속줄기에서 돋아나는 어린싹. 식용한다
  • 이순二筍 Korean gloss: 처음 난 것을 따 낸 뒤에 다시 돋은 담배 잎사귀
  • 새순새筍 Korean gloss: 새로 돋아나는 순
  • 송순주松筍酒 Korean gloss: 소나무의 새순을 넣고 빚은 술
  • 순뽕筍뽕 Korean gloss: 새순이 돋아나서 핀 부드러운 뽕잎
  • 곁순곁筍 Korean gloss: 풀이나 나무의 원줄기 곁에서 돋아나는 순
  • 죽순회竹筍膾 Korean gloss: 데친 죽순에 우렁, 고추장, 마늘, 설탕, 깨소금, 식초 따위를 넣어 버무린 음식
  • 강순薑筍 Korean gloss: 생강의 싹.
  • 치순稚筍 Korean gloss: 어린 죽순.
  • 순피筍皮 Korean gloss: 죽순의 껍질.
  • 송순松筍 Korean gloss: 새로 돋아난 소나무의 순.
  • 상순上筍 Korean gloss: 식물의 기본 줄기가 될 순.

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

Japanese words with 筍

  • 筍たけのこ bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
  • 石筍せきじゅん stalagmite
  • 筍虫たけのこむし horse botfly larva
  • 筍貝タケノコガイ auger shell (Terebra subulata); terebra
  • 筍干しゅんかん dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots; wooden lacquered bowl; Kagoshima cuisine
  • 筍医者たけのこいしゃ young, inexperienced doctor
  • 雨後の筍うごのたけのこ similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain

Characters sharing the phonetic 旬

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 “순” in Korean.

Other hanja read “순”

Other hanja with radical 竹

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences