Hanja Analyzer
紳

紳 — sin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
띠[帶] 신
Romanization
sin
English
girdle; tie, bind; gentry
Mandarin
shēn
Japanese on'yomi
シン
Japanese kun'yomi
おおおび
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,790 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
糸 (120, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
申(신)
Unicode
U+7D33

Parts that make up 紳

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 申 납[猿] 신sound 번쩍이는 번개펴서 아룀. ‘신·전’ 계열의 소리

How 紳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 紳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 申.

Korean example words with 紳

  • 신사紳士 Korean gloss: 보통 남자를 대접하여 이르는 말
  • 진신搢紳 Korean gloss: 지위가 높고 행동이 점잖은 사람
  • 노신사老紳士 Korean gloss: 나이가 많은 신사
  • 신사화紳士靴 Korean gloss: 신사가 신도록 만든 신
  • 신사용紳士用 Korean gloss: 신사가 씀. 또는 그런 물건
  • 신사도紳士道 Korean gloss: 신사로서 품위를 유지하기 위하여 지켜야 할 도리
  • 신사복紳士服 Korean gloss: 남자들이 평상시에 입는 양복. 저고리, 조끼, 바지가 한 벌을 이룬다
  • 고신高紳 Korean gloss: 신분이 높은 사람.
  • 일류신사一流紳士 Korean gloss: 맵시가 미끈한 사람
  • 귀신貴紳 Korean gloss: 지위가 높고 귀한 사람.
  • 영신纓紳 Korean gloss: 갓이나 관의 끈과 큰 띠.
  • 장신長紳 Korean gloss: 귀족들이 장식용으로 매던 길고 큰 띠.

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

Japanese words with 紳

  • 紳士しんし gentleman
  • 紳士協定しんしきょうてい gentlemen's agreement
  • 紳士的しんしてき gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred
  • 紳士録しんしろく who's who; directory; social register
  • 貴紳きしん noble; men of rank; notables
  • 紳商しんしょう wealthy merchant
  • 田紳でんしん country gentleman
  • 縉紳しんしん person of rank; person of status; ranked official
  • 紳士服しんしふく suits for gentlemen; menswear
  • 紳士用しんしよう for men; male-
  • 紳士靴しんしぐつ men's shoes
  • 老紳士ろうしんし old gentleman; elderly gentleman

Characters sharing the phonetic 申

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 “신” in Korean.

Other hanja read “신”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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