Hanja Analyzer
蒹

蒹 — gyeom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갈대 겸
Romanization
gyeom
English
reed, Phragmites communis
Mandarin
jiān
Japanese on'yomi
ケン, カン
Japanese kun'yomi
おぎ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
艸 (140, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
兼(겸)
Unicode
U+84B9

Parts that make up 蒹

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 兼 겸할 겸sound 벼 두 포기를 한 손에 쥔 모양아우름. ‘겸·렴’ 계열의 소리

Characters sharing the phonetic 兼

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 “겸” in Korean.

Other hanja read “겸”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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