Hanja Analyzer
荐

荐 — cheon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
천거할 천, 거듭할 천
Romanization
cheon
English
repeat, reoccur; recommend
Mandarin
jiàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン, ゼン, ソン, ゾン
Japanese kun'yomi
しきりに
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
艸 (140, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
存
Unicode
U+8350

Parts that make up 荐

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 存 있을 존sound

How 荐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 荐 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 存.

Characters sharing the phonetic 存

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

洊

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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