Hanja Analyzer
銛

銛 — seom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가래 섬
Romanization
seom
English
sharp, keen-edged; a kind of hoe
Mandarin
xiān
Japanese on'yomi
セン, ゼン, カチ, テン, カツ
Japanese kun'yomi
もり すき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
金 (167, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
舌
Unicode
U+929B

Parts that make up 銛

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 舌 혀 설sound 입 밖으로 내민 혀혀와 말하고 맛보는 일

How 銛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 銛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 甜.

Japanese words with 銛

  • 銛もり lance; harpoon
  • 鯨銛くじらもり (whaling) harpoon

Characters sharing the phonetic 舌

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

Other hanja read “섬”

Other hanja with radical 金

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