Hanja Analyzer
繁

繁 — beon, ban

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
번성할 번, 뱃대끈 반
Romanization
beon, ban
English
complicated, complex, difficult
Mandarin
fán
Japanese on'yomi
ハン, ハ
Japanese kun'yomi
しげ.る しげ.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,198 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
糸 (120, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+7E41

Parts that make up 繁

  • 敏 민첩할 민
  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일

How 繁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 繁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 敏, 糸.

Korean example words with 繁

  • 번언繁言 Korean gloss: 번거로운 말
  • 번무繁務 Korean gloss: 몹시 바쁜 일
  • 번한繁閑 Korean gloss: 바쁨과 한가함
  • 번영繁榮 Korean gloss: 번성하고 영화롭게 됨
  • 번음繁陰 Korean gloss: 나무가 무성한 곳에 지는 짙은 그늘
  • 반영繁纓 Korean gloss: 말안장의 양옆으로 늘어뜨리는 가슴걸이
  • 번다하다繁多 Korean gloss: 번거롭게 많다
  • 번창하다繁昌 Korean gloss: 번화하게 창성하다
  • 번화롭다繁華 Korean gloss: 번화한 데가 있다
  • 번다히繁多히 Korean gloss: 번거로울 정도로 많이
  • 번가하다繁苛 Korean gloss: 법령 따위가 번거롭고 가혹하다
  • 빈번하다頻繁 Korean gloss: 번거로울 정도로 도수(度數)가 잦다

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

Japanese words with 繁

  • 繁栄はんえい prosperity; thriving; flourishing
  • 頻繁ひんぱん frequent; incessant
  • 繁殖はんしょく breeding; propagation; reproduction
  • 繁華街はんかがい business district; shopping district; bustling street
  • 繁盛はんじょう prosperity; flourishing; thriving
  • 繁忙はんぼう busy; high-stress; hectic
  • 繁茂はんも flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth
  • 農繁期のうはんき busy farming season
  • 繁はん complexity; frequency; trouble
  • 繁々しげしげ frequently; often; (staring) fixedly
  • 繁華はんか bustle; prosperity
  • 繁簡はんかん complexity and simplicity

Other hanja read “번”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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