願 — won

Parts that make up 願

How 願 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 願 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 原, 頁.

Korean example words with 願

• 대원大願 Korean gloss: 큰 소원
• 불원不願 Korean gloss: 원하지 않음
• 원의願意 Korean gloss: 바라는 생각
• 절원切願 Korean gloss: 간절히 바람
• 간원懇願 Korean gloss: 간절하게 원함
• 본원本願 Korean gloss: 본디부터 가진 큰 소원
• 심원心願 Korean gloss: 마음으로 바람. 또는 그런 일
• 비원鄙願 Korean gloss: 자기의 소원을 낮추어 이르는 말
• 숙원宿願 Korean gloss: 오래전부터 품어 온 염원이나 소망
• 원서願書 Korean gloss: 지원하거나 청원하는 내용을 적은 서류
• 비원悲願 Korean gloss: 꼭 이루고자 하는 비장한 염원이나 소원
• 탄원歎願 Korean gloss: 사정을 하소연하여 도와주기를 간절히 바람

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

Japanese words with 願

• 願いねがい desire; wish; hope
• 願がん prayer; wish; vow
• 志願しがん aspiration; volunteering; desire
• 念願ねんがん one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
• 悲願ひがん one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
• 本願ほんがん long-cherished desire; Amida Buddha's original vow
• 願望がんぼう desire; wish; aspiration
• 出願しゅつがん application; filing an application
• 請願せいがん petition
• 願書がんしょ (written) application; written request; petition
• 祈願きがん prayer (for something); supplication
• 嘆願たんがん entreaty; appeal; petition

Characters sharing the phonetic 原

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 “원” in Korean.

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 頁