Hanja Analyzer
譴

譴 — gyeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꾸짖을 견
Romanization
gyeon
English
reprimand, scold, abuse
Mandarin
qiǎn
Japanese on'yomi
ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
せめ.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
言 (149, 14 residual)
Unicode
U+8B74

Parts that make up 譴

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 遣 보낼 견

How 譴 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 譴 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 遣.

Korean example words with 譴

  • 견책하다譴責 Korean gloss: 허물이나 잘못을 꾸짖고 나무라다
  • 중견重譴 Korean gloss: 큰 죄.
  • 견노譴怒 Korean gloss: 성내어 꾸짖음.
  • 견가譴呵 Korean gloss: 엄격하게 나무람.
  • 신견神譴 Korean gloss: 신의 책망(責望).
  • 천견天譴 Korean gloss: 하늘이 내리는 큰 벌.
  • 죄견罪譴 Korean gloss: 죄와 허물을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 견고譴告 Korean gloss: 귀신이 천변지이를 내려 인간을 꾸짖음.
  • 엄견하다嚴譴 Korean gloss: 엄하게 꾸짖다.
  • 견벌하다譴罰 Korean gloss: 꾸짖어 처벌하다.
  • 노견하다怒譴 Korean gloss: 화를 내며 꾸짖다.
  • 가견加譴 Korean gloss: ‘가견하다’의 어근.

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

Japanese words with 譴

  • 天譴てんけん divine punishment
  • 譴責けんせき reprimand; rebuke; censure

Other hanja read “견”

Other hanja with radical 言

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