Hanja Analyzer
絢

絢 — hyeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무늬 현
Romanization
hyeon
English
variegated, adorned; brilliant
Mandarin
xuàn
Japanese on'yomi
ケン, シュン, ジュン
Japanese kun'yomi
あや
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,315 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
糸 (120, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
旬(순)
Unicode
U+7D62

Parts that make up 絢

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 旬 열흘 순sound 해를 한 바퀴 감싼 모양을 빌려 쓴 것열흘. ‘순’ 계열의 소리

How 絢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 絢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 旬.

Korean example words with 絢

  • 현란스럽다絢爛 Korean gloss: 눈이 부시도록 찬란하고 요란한 데가 있다
  • 현란히絢爛히 Korean gloss: 시나 글 따위에 아름다운 수식이 많아서 문체가 화려하게.

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

Japanese words with 絢

  • 絢爛けんらん gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling
  • 絢文けんぶん colorful pattern; colourful pattern
  • 絢緞子あやどんす damask
  • 豪華絢爛ごうかけんらん luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
  • 絢爛豪華けんらんごうか luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
  • 絢爛華麗けんらんかれい luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling

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.

侚 峋 徇 恂 栒 殉 洵 狥 珣 眴 筍 荀 詢 郇

Other hanja read “현”

伣 俔 儇 吅 呟 哯 嬛 峴 弦 怰 懸 昡 晛 泫 炫 玄 玹 現 琄 痃 県 眩 睍 絃 縣 繯 翾 舷 莧 蜆 衒 誢 賢 鉉 鋗 鞙 顕 顯 駽

Other hanja with radical 糸

糸 糺 系 糾 紀 紂 紃 約 紅 紆 紇 紈 紊 紋 納 紐 紑 紓 純 紕 紗 紘 紙 級 紛 紜 素 紡 索 紫 紬 紮 累 細 紱 紲 紳 紵 紹 紺 紼 紽 紾 終 絃 組 絅 絆 絉 経 絍 絏 結 絕 絖 絙 絛 絜 絞 絡

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