Hanja Analyzer
羶

羶 — jeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
노린내날 전
Romanization
jeon
English
rank odor
Mandarin
shān
Japanese on'yomi
セン, キョウ, ケイ
Japanese kun'yomi
なまぐさ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Radical
羊 (123, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
亶
Unicode
U+7FB6

Parts that make up 羶

  • 羊 양 양 뿔이 굽은 양의 머리양, 그리고 좋고 아름다운 것
  • 亶 진실로 단sound 곳집에 곡식을 채운 모양‘단·전’ 계열의 소리

How 羶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 羶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 羊, 亶.

Japanese words with 羶

  • 羶血せんけつ stink of blood or meat; meat-eating barbarian; Westerner
  • 羶肉せんにく meat that smells of blood (esp. mutton)
  • 葷羶くんせん pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat

Characters sharing the phonetic 亶

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

Other hanja read “전”

Other hanja with radical 羊

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