Hanja Analyzer
趁

趁 — jeon, jin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밟을 전, 좇을 진
Romanization
jeon, jin
English
take advantage of, avail oneself
Mandarin
chèn
Japanese on'yomi
チン, デン, ネン, シン
Japanese kun'yomi
お.う
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
走 (156, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
尔
Unicode
U+8D81

How 趁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 趁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 走, 㐱.

Characters sharing the phonetic 尔

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

Other hanja read “전”

Other hanja with radical 走

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