Hanja Analyzer
聰

聰 — chong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
귀밝을 총
Romanization
chong
English
intelligent, clever, bright
Mandarin
cōng
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ, ス
Japanese kun'yomi
さと.い みみざと.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
17
Variant forms
聡
Radical
耳 (128, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
悤(총)
Unicode
U+8070

How 聰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 聰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 囪, 心.

Korean example words with 聰

  • 성총聖聰 Korean gloss: 임금의 총명
  • 총기聰氣 Korean gloss: 좋은 기억력
  • 총명聰明 Korean gloss: 썩 영리하고 재주가 있음
  • 총준聰俊 Korean gloss: 슬기롭고 영리하며 풍채가 빼어남. 또는 그런 사람
  • 총민하다聰敏 Korean gloss: 총명하고 민첩하다
  • 총혜하다聰慧 Korean gloss: 총명하고 슬기롭다
  • 총명성聰明性 Korean gloss: 썩 영리하고 재주가 있는 성질
  • 총명탕聰明湯 Korean gloss: 머리를 맑게 하여 기억력에 도움을 주는 한방약
  • 소총명小聰明 Korean gloss: 잔재간이 있다거나 조금 안다는 것에 대하여 잘난 체하는 태도나 행동
  • 신총宸聰 Korean gloss: 임금의 귀.
  • 총모聰謀 Korean gloss: 슬기로운 꾀.
  • 총지聰智 Korean gloss: 슬기롭고 지혜로움.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 悤

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 “총” in Korean.

Other hanja read “총”

Other hanja with radical 耳

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