Hanja Analyzer
運

運 — un

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
옮길 운
Romanization
un
English
luck, fortune; ship, transport
Mandarin
yùn
Japanese on'yomi
ウン
Japanese kun'yomi
はこ.ぶ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#255 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
辵 (162, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
軍
Unicode
U+904B

Parts that make up 運

  • 軍 군사 군sound 수레와 소리를 나타내는 부분군사와 무리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 運 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 運 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 軍.

Korean example words with 運

  • 개운開運 Korean gloss: 운이 트임
  • 길운吉運 Korean gloss: 좋은 운수
  • 망운亡運 Korean gloss: 망할 운수
  • 복운福運 Korean gloss: 좋은 운수
  • 승운勝運 Korean gloss: 이길 운수
  • 호운好運 Korean gloss: 좋은 운수
  • 가운家運 Korean gloss: 집안의 운수
  • 국운國運 Korean gloss: 나라의 운명
  • 세운世運 Korean gloss: 세상의 운수
  • 악운惡運 Korean gloss: 사나운 운수
  • 연운年運 Korean gloss: 그해의 운수
  • 왕운旺運 Korean gloss: 왕성한 운수

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

Japanese words with 運

  • 運動うんどう exercise; physical training; workout
  • 運営うんえい management; administration; operation
  • 運転うんてん operation (of a machine); running; working
  • 運輸うんゆ transportation
  • 運用うんよう making use of; application; practical use
  • 運輸省うんゆしょう Ministry of Transport
  • 運転手うんてんしゅ driver; chauffeur
  • 運ぶはこぶ to carry; to transport; to move
  • 運賃うんちん (passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
  • 運命うんめい fate; destiny; lot
  • 機運きうん opportunity; chance; good time (to do)
  • 運送うんそう transport; freight; shipping

Characters sharing the phonetic 軍

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

Other hanja read “운”

Other hanja with radical 辵

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences