Hanja Analyzer
緣

緣 — yeon, dan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
인연 연, 단옷 단
Romanization
yeon, dan
English
hem, margin; reason, cause; karma, fate
Mandarin
yuán
Japanese on'yomi
エン, タン
Japanese kun'yomi
ふち へり よる
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
縁 (Secondary (Jōyō))
Strokes
15
Radical
糸 (120, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
彖
Unicode
U+7DE3

Korean example words with 緣

  • 선연善緣 Korean gloss: 좋은 인연
  • 연고緣故 Korean gloss: 일의 까닭
  • 기연奇緣 Korean gloss: 기이한 인연
  • 선연仙緣 Korean gloss: 신선과의 인연
  • 속연俗緣 Korean gloss: 속세와의 인연
  • 악연惡緣 Korean gloss: 좋지 못한 인연
  • 연맥緣脈 Korean gloss: 인연이 닿는 길
  • 사연辭緣 Korean gloss: 편지나 말의 내용
  • 연분緣分 Korean gloss: 부부가 되는 인연
  • 제연諸緣 Korean gloss: 모든 인연이나 연분
  • 반연絆緣 Korean gloss: 얽히어 맺어지는 인연
  • 사연事緣 Korean gloss: 일의 앞뒤 사정과 까닭

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 彖

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “연”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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