跣

跣 — seon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 맨발 선
Romanization: seon
English: bare footed
Mandarin: xiǎn
Japanese on'yomi: セン, ソン
Japanese kun'yomi: はだし
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 13
Radical: 足 (157, 6 residual)
Phonetic component: 先(선)
Unicode: U+8DE3

Parts that make up 跣

足 발 족, 지날 주 무릎 아래 발발과 걷고 밟는 일
先 먼저 선sound 앞으로 내딛는 발과 사람먼저. ‘선’ 계열의 소리

How 跣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 跣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 足, 先.

Korean example words with 跣

나선裸跣 Korean gloss: 벌거벗은 몸과 벗은 발.
단선袒跣 Korean gloss: 윗옷을 벗고 신을 벗음.
도선徒跣 Korean gloss: 아무것도 신지 아니한 발.
선족跣足 Korean gloss: 아무것도 신지 아니한 발.
선행하다跣行 Korean gloss: 맨발로 가다.
피발도선被髮徒跣 Korean gloss: 예전에, 부모가 돌아갔을 때 여자가 머리를 풀고 버선을 벗음. 수시(收屍)한 뒤부터 성복(成服)하기까지 한다.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 先

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 “선” in Korean.

侁姺毨洗筅詵銑駪

Other hanja with radical 足

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