Hanja Analyzer
芟

芟 — sam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
풀벨 삼
Romanization
sam
English
mow, cut; weed out; scythe
Mandarin
shān
Japanese on'yomi
サン, セン, イ
Japanese kun'yomi
か.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
艸 (140, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
殳
Unicode
U+829F

Parts that make up 芟

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 殳 창 수sound 손에 든 몽둥이치고 두드리는 일

Korean example words with 芟

  • 삼제芟除 Korean gloss: 풀을 깎듯이 베어 없애 버림.
  • 삼황하다芟荒 Korean gloss: 거친 풀을 베어 버리다.

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

Japanese words with 芟

  • 芟除さんじょ cutting away

Characters sharing the phonetic 殳

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

Other hanja read “삼”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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