箭

箭 — jeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 살[矢] 전
Romanization: jeon
English: arrow; type of bamboo
Mandarin: jiàn
Japanese on'yomi: セン
Japanese kun'yomi: や
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 15
Radical: 竹 (118, 9 residual)
Phonetic component: 前(전)
Unicode: U+7BAD

Parts that make up 箭

竹 대 죽 잎이 처진 대나무 둘대나무와 대로 엮은 것, 글 적는 물건
前 앞 전sound 배 위에 놓인 발앞. ‘전’ 계열의 소리

How 箭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 箭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 竹, 前.

Korean example words with 箭

대전大箭 Korean gloss: 큰 어살
난전亂箭 Korean gloss: 마구 쏟아지는 화살
비전飛箭 Korean gloss: 날아가거나 날아오는 화살
편전片箭 Korean gloss: 총통에 넣어서 쏘는, 하나로 된 화살
화전火箭 Korean gloss: 예전에, 불을 붙여 쏘던 화살. 또는 화약을 장치한 화살
연주전連珠箭 Korean gloss: 계속하여서 쏘는 화살
유엽전柳葉箭 Korean gloss: 살촉이 버들잎처럼 생긴 화살
장군전將軍箭 Korean gloss: 쇠붙이로 만든 큰 화살. 무게가 세 근에서 다섯 근까지 있는데, 쇠뇌에 장치하여 내쏘게 되어 있다
경전勁箭 Korean gloss: 강한 화살.
방전放箭 Korean gloss: 화살을 쏨.
전상箭狀 Korean gloss: 화살 모양.
경전輕箭 Korean gloss: 가벼운 화살.

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

Japanese words with 箭

弓箭きゅうせん bow and arrow; arms; weapons
銀箭ぎんせん silver arrow
飛箭ひせん flying arrow; incoming arrow

Characters sharing the phonetic 前

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 “전” in Korean.

剪揃湔煎翦鬋

Other hanja with radical 竹

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