Hanja Analyzer
管

管 — gwan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
대롱/주관할 관
Romanization
gwan
English
pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
Mandarin
guǎn
Japanese on'yomi
カン
Japanese kun'yomi
くだ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#517 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
竹 (118, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
官(관)
Unicode
U+7BA1

Parts that make up 管

  • 竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
  • 官 벼슬 관sound 집 안에 사람을 둔 모양벼슬. ‘관’ 계열의 소리

How 管 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 管 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 官.

Korean example words with 管

  • 관경管徑 Korean gloss: 관의 직경
  • 강관鋼管 Korean gloss: 강철로 만든 관
  • 관상管狀 Korean gloss: 대롱 같은 모양
  • 관장管掌 Korean gloss: 일을 맡아서 주관함
  • 추관樞管 Korean gloss: 중심 부분에 있는 관
  • 관악管樂 Korean gloss: 관악기로 연주하는 음악
  • 관하管下 Korean gloss: 관할하는 구역이나 범위
  • 관식管式 Korean gloss: 관(管)을 이용하는 방식
  • 관향管餉 Korean gloss: 군량미를 맡아 관리하는 일
  • 보관保管 Korean gloss: 물건을 맡아서 간직하고 관리함
  • 관내管內 Korean gloss: 어떤 기관이 관할하는 구역의 안
  • 관외管外 Korean gloss: 어떤 기관이 관할하는 구역의 밖

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

Japanese words with 管

  • 管理かんり control; management (e.g. of a business)
  • 管かん pipe; tube; wind instrument
  • 管理職かんりしょく management; managerial position; administrative post
  • 管内かんない within the jurisdiction (of); one's jurisdiction; in a pipe
  • 血管けっかん blood vessel; vein
  • 保管ほかん charge; custody; safekeeping
  • 食管法しょっかんほう law governing food quality
  • 管制かんせい control (by the state); controlling; coordination
  • 管轄かんかつ jurisdiction; control
  • 所管しょかん jurisdiction
  • 移管いかん transfer of control
  • 管区かんく jurisdiction

Characters sharing the phonetic 官

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 “관” in Korean.

Other hanja read “관”

Other hanja with radical 竹

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