Hanja Analyzer
菅

菅 — gwan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
왕골 관
Romanization
gwan
English
coarse grass, Themedia forskalii
Mandarin
jiān
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
すげ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,562 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
艸 (140, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
官(관)
Unicode
U+83C5

Parts that make up 菅

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 官 벼슬 관sound 집 안에 사람을 둔 모양벼슬. ‘관’ 계열의 소리

How 菅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 菅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 官.

Korean example words with 菅

  • 관비菅菲 Korean gloss: 상중에 신는 골풀로 만든 짚신.
  • 관리菅履 Korean gloss: 상제(喪制)가 초상 때부터 졸곡(卒哭) 때까지 신는 짚신. 총을 드문드문 따고 흰 종이로 총 돌기를 감았다.
  • 도관삽입導菅揷入 Korean gloss: 체강 또는 안이 비어 있는 장기에 액체를 도출하거나 도입하기 위하여 관 모양의 외과적 기구인 카테터를 장기 안으로 삽입하는 일

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

Japanese words with 菅

  • 菅すげ sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
  • 菅笠すげがさ sedge-woven (bamboo) hat
  • 夕菅ユウスゲ citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina); long yellow daylily
  • 浜菅はますげ nut grass (Cyperus rotundus)
  • 寒菅かんすげ Carex morrowii
  • 白菅しらすげ Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
  • 丸菅まるすげ softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
  • 菅藻すがも Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
  • 真菅ますげ sedge
  • 綿菅わたすげ cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei)
  • 裏菅原うらすがわら scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
  • 表菅原おもてすがわら scoring combination consisting of the January and March 20-point cards and the February 10-point card

Characters sharing the phonetic 官

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 “관” in Korean.

Other hanja read “관”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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