Hanja Analyzer
讒

讒 — cham

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
참소할 참
Romanization
cham
English
slander, defame, misrepresent
Mandarin
chán
Japanese on'yomi
ザン, サン, ゼン
Japanese kun'yomi
そし.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
24
Radical
言 (149, 17 residual)
Phonetic component
毚(참)
Unicode
U+8B92

Parts that make up 讒

  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일
  • 毚 약은토끼 참sound 토끼를 겹쳐 그린 모양‘참’ 계열의 소리

How 讒 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 讒 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 言, 毚.

Korean example words with 讒

  • 참언讒言 Korean gloss: 거짓으로 꾸며서 남을 헐뜯어 윗사람에게 고하여 바침. 또는 그런 말
  • 참무하다讒誣 Korean gloss: 없는 말을 지어내어 남을 헐뜯다
  • 참주讒奏 Korean gloss: 임금에게 참소함.
  • 참질讒嫉 Korean gloss: 질투하여 참소함.
  • 참첨讒諂 Korean gloss: 참소하고 아첨함.
  • 참기讒譏 Korean gloss: 남을 헐뜯고 욕함.
  • 참부讒夫 Korean gloss: 남을 헐뜯는 사람.
  • 참인讒人 Korean gloss: 남을 헐뜯고 비난하는 사람.
  • 참자讒者 Korean gloss: 남을 헐뜯고 비난하는 사람.
  • 참훼讒毁 Korean gloss: 거짓으로 꾸며서 남을 헐뜯어 말함.
  • 참구讒構 Korean gloss: 남을 헐뜯어 좋지 않은 곳에 얽어 넣음.
  • 참신讒臣 Korean gloss: 육사신의 하나. 참소를 잘하는 신하를 이른다.

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

Japanese words with 讒

  • 讒ざん false charge; slander; defamation
  • 讒言ざんげん false charge; slander; defamation
  • 讒口ざんこう false charge; slander; defamation
  • 讒臣ざんしん slanderous retainer; libelous vassal
  • 讒誣ざんぶ slander
  • 讒謗ざんぼう libel; slander; defamation
  • 讒訴ざんそ false charges; slander
  • 讒奏ざんそう slandering (someone) when reporting to the Emperor
  • 讒するざんする to slander
  • 罵詈讒謗ばりざんぼう reviling; vilification; abusive language

Characters sharing the phonetic 毚

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 “참” in Korean.

Other hanja read “참”

Other hanja with radical 言

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