Hanja Analyzer
葷

葷 — hun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
매운 채소 훈
Romanization
hun
English
meat diet; strong smelling
Mandarin
hūn
Japanese on'yomi
クン
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
艸 (140, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
軍
Unicode
U+8477

Parts that make up 葷

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 軍 군사 군sound 수레와 소리를 나타내는 부분군사와 무리

Japanese words with 葷

  • 葷くん strong-smelling vegetable (esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Chinese scallion, Japanese garlic); pungent vegetable (esp. ginger and water pepper)
  • 葷酒くんしゅ pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and alcohol; leeks and liquors
  • 五葷ごくん five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
  • 葷羶くんせん pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat
  • 葷辛くんしん pungent vegetable (e.g. garlic, onion)
  • 葷菜くんさい pungent vegetable (e.g. onion, garlic, leek)
  • 三厭五葷さんえんごくん meat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)
  • 葷酒山門に入るを許さずくんしゅさんもんにいるをゆるさず bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited

Characters sharing the phonetic 軍

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

Other hanja read “훈”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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