Hanja Analyzer
銃

銃 — chong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
총 총
Romanization
chong
English
ancient weapon, blunderbuss
Mandarin
chòng
Japanese on'yomi
ジュウ, シュウ, シュ, シュク
Japanese kun'yomi
つつ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,013 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
金 (167, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
充
Unicode
U+9283

Parts that make up 銃

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 充 채울 충sound

How 銃 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 銃 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 充.

Korean example words with 銃

  • 실총實銃 Korean gloss: 진짜 총
  • 단총短銃 Korean gloss: 짤막한 총
  • 양총洋銃 Korean gloss: 서양식의 총
  • 총창銃槍 Korean gloss: 총에 꽂는 창
  • 총수銃手 Korean gloss: 총을 쏘는 사람
  • 총신銃身 Korean gloss: 총의 몸통 전체
  • 총격銃擊 Korean gloss: 총을 쏘아 공격함
  • 목총木銃 Korean gloss: 나무를 깎아 만든 총
  • 총상銃傷 Korean gloss: 총에 맞아 생긴 상처
  • 총가銃架 Korean gloss: 총을 걸쳐 두는 받침대
  • 엽총獵銃 Korean gloss: 사냥에 알맞도록 만든 총
  • 총성銃聲 Korean gloss: 총을 쏠 때에 나는 소리

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

Japanese words with 銃

  • 銃じゅう gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
  • 銃撃じゅうげき shooting; gunning (down)
  • 銃弾じゅうだん bullet (from a rifle)
  • 小銃しょうじゅう rifle; small arms
  • 短銃たんじゅう pistol
  • 機関銃きかんじゅう machine gun
  • 銃声じゅうせい sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
  • 銃器じゅうき small arms
  • 銃殺じゅうさつ death by shooting
  • 猟銃りょうじゅう hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)
  • 銃口じゅうこう gun point; muzzle
  • 銃砲じゅうほう guns; firearms

Characters sharing the phonetic 充

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

統

Other hanja read “총”

Other hanja with radical 金

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