蜷

蜷 — gwon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 움추러질 권
Romanization: gwon
English: creep like a worm; curl one's body
Mandarin: quán
Japanese on'yomi: ケン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi: にな
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Newspaper frequency: #2,284 of 2,500
Strokes: 14
Radical: 虫 (142, 8 residual)
Phonetic component: 卷(권)
Unicode: U+8737

Parts that make up 蜷

虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
卷 책 권sound 몸을 말아 굽힌 모양말다. ‘권’ 계열의 소리

How 蜷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蜷 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 卷.

Japanese words with 蜷

海蜷うみにな many-formed cerith (Batillaria multiformis)
川蜷カワニナ freshwater black snail (Semisulcospira bensoni); marsh snail
牙海蜷きばうみにな mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
細海蜷ほそうみにな Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)
疣海蜷いぼうみにな Batillaria zonalis (small sandy shore snail)

Characters sharing the phonetic 卷

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 “권” in Korean.

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Other hanja with radical 虫

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