Hanja Analyzer
錢

錢 — jeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
돈 전
Romanization
jeon
English
money, currency, coins
Mandarin
qián
Japanese on'yomi
セン, ゼン
Japanese kun'yomi
ぜに すき
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Variant forms
銭
Radical
金 (167, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
戔
Unicode
U+9322

Parts that make up 錢

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 戔 쌓일 잔sound 창 둘이 부딪는 모양‘전·잔·천’ 계열의 소리

How 錢 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 錢 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 戔.

Korean example words with 錢

  • 무전無錢 Korean gloss: 돈이 없음
  • 전곡錢穀 Korean gloss: 돈과 곡식
  • 전량錢糧 Korean gloss: 돈과 곡식
  • 급전急錢 Korean gloss: 급하게 쓸 돈
  • 전재錢財 Korean gloss: 재물로서의 돈
  • 전주錢主 Korean gloss: 빚을 준 사람
  • 금전金錢 Korean gloss: 금으로 만든 돈
  • 은전銀錢 Korean gloss: 은으로 만든 돈
  • 채전債錢 Korean gloss: 남에게 빚진 돈
  • 변전邊錢 Korean gloss: 이자를 무는 빚돈
  • 전낭錢囊 Korean gloss: 돈을 넣어 두는 주머니
  • 악전惡錢 Korean gloss: 부정(不正)하게 얻은 돈

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

Japanese words with 錢

  • 當十錢とうじゅうぜん type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins
  • 錢高組ぜにたかぐみ Zenitaka Corporation

Characters sharing the phonetic 戔

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

俴 剗 棧 殘 淺 牋 盞 箋 綫 賤 踐 餞

Other hanja read “전”

伝 佃 佺 倎 傎 傳 全 典 前 剪 吮 唸 囀 塡 填 塼 奠 嫥 専 專 屇 展 巓 巔 廛 悛 戦 戩 戰 揃 旃 栓 栴 槙 殿 氈 湔 澱 澶 瀍 煎 牋 牷 猠 琠 甎 田 甸 畋 畑 畠 痊 瘨 癜 癲 磚 筌 箋 箭 篆

Other hanja with radical 金

金 釗 釘 釜 針 釣 釤 釦 釧 釪 釭 釵 釿 鈇 鈍 鈐 鈑 鈒 鈔 鈕 鈗 鈜 鈞 鈟 鈴 鈵 鈷 鈸 鈺 鈿 鉀 鉁 鉄 鉅 鉉 鉋 鉍 鉎 鉏 鉐 鉑 鉒 鉗 鉛 鉞 鉢 鉤 鉥 鉦 鉱 鉷 鉼 鉾 銀 銃 銅 銋 銍 銎 銑

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