Hanja Analyzer
酸

酸 — san

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
실[味覺] 산
Romanization
san
English
tart, sour; acid; stiff; spoiled
Mandarin
suān
Japanese on'yomi
サン
Japanese kun'yomi
す.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,218 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
酉 (164, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+9178

Parts that make up 酸

  • 酉 닭 유 술 담는 항아리술과 발효, 익히는 일
  • 夋 다리를 굽히고 앉은 사람‘준·전’ 계열의 소리

How 酸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 酸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 夋.

Korean example words with 酸

  • 산미酸味 Korean gloss: 식초와 같은 맛
  • 불산弗酸 Korean gloss: ‘불화 수소산’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 위산胃酸 Korean gloss: 위액 속에 들어 있는 산. 특히 염산을 이르며, 병적인 위액은 발효에 의하여 생기는 유기산도 포함하고 있다
  • 신산하다辛酸 Korean gloss: (비유적으로) 세상살이가 힘들고 고생스럽다
  • 산소량酸素量 Korean gloss: 산소의 분량
  • 산소압酸素壓 Korean gloss: 산소의 압력
  • 저산소低酸素 Korean gloss: 산소가 부족함
  • 산소통酸素桶 Korean gloss: 산소를 담은 통
  • 폐황산廢黃酸 Korean gloss: 사용하고 버린 황산
  • 비탄산非炭酸 Korean gloss: 탄산이 들어가 있지 않음
  • 규산질硅酸質 Korean gloss: 규소와 산소가 결합한 물질
  • 내산성耐酸性 Korean gloss: 산에 잘 견디어 내는 성질

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

Japanese words with 酸

  • 酸化さんか oxidation; oxidization
  • 酸性さんせい acidity; acidic
  • 酸素さんそ oxygen (O)
  • 酸さん acid; sourness; sour taste
  • 核酸かくさん nucleic acid
  • 一酸化炭素いっさんかたんそ carbon monoxide
  • 炭酸たんさん carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink
  • 硫酸りゅうさん sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
  • 硝酸しょうさん nitric acid
  • 酢酸さくさん acetic acid
  • 辛酸しんさん hardships; privation
  • 酸味さんみ sourness; acidity

Other hanja read “산”

Other hanja with radical 酉

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