Hanja Analyzer
阡

阡 — cheon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
밭둑길 천
Romanization
cheon
English
footpaths between fields; paths
Mandarin
qiān
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
5
Radical
阜 (170, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
千(천)
Unicode
U+9621

Parts that make up 阡

  • ⻖ 언덕 부variant of 阜 층진 언덕언덕과 높낮이. 왼쪽에서 ⻖ 로 쓴다
  • 千 일천 천sound 사람 몸에 그은 한 획일천. ‘천’ 계열의 소리

How 阡 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 阡 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 千.

Korean example words with 阡

  • 천맥阡陌 Korean gloss: ‘경작지’를 달리 이르는 말.

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

Characters sharing the phonetic 千

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “천” in Korean.

Other hanja read “천”

Other hanja with radical 阜

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