Hanja Analyzer
釧

釧 — cheon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
팔찌 천
Romanization
cheon
English
bracelet, armlet
Mandarin
chuàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese kun'yomi
くしろ うでわ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#1,751 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
金 (167, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
川
Unicode
U+91E7

Parts that make up 釧

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 川 variant of 巛 나란히 흐르는 물줄기냇물. 川 과 같다

How 釧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 釧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 川.

Korean example words with 釧

  • 보천寶釧 Korean gloss: 훌륭한 팔찌.
  • 옥천玉釧 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 팔찌.
  • 은천銀釧 Korean gloss: 은으로 만든 팔찌.
  • 족천足釧 Korean gloss: 장례를 치를 때, 죽은 사람의 발목에 두르던 고리 모양의 장식.
  • 완천腕釧 Korean gloss: 팔목에 끼는, 금ㆍ은ㆍ옥ㆍ백금ㆍ구리 따위로 만든 고리 모양의 장식품.
  • 차천금釵釧金 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 경술(庚戌)ㆍ신해(辛亥)에 붙이는 납음(納音). 연약한 경신금(庚辛金)을 화롯불에 녹이니 비녀와 팔찌 따위의 값진

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

Japanese words with 釧

  • 釧くしろ bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
  • 腕釧わんせん bracelet worn by Buddhist statues
  • 釧路公立大学くしろこうりつだいがく Kushiro Public University of Economics
  • 釧路地方気象台くしろちほうきしょうだい Kushiro Local Meteorological Observatory

Characters sharing the phonetic 川

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

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 金

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