Hanja Analyzer
饌

饌 — chan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
반찬 찬
Romanization
chan
English
feed, support, provide for; food; fine meats, delicacies
Mandarin
zhuàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン, サン, ザン, ハン, ボン, ゼン
Japanese kun'yomi
そな.える
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
食 (184, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
巽
Unicode
U+994C

Parts that make up 饌

  • ⻞ 밥/먹을 식, 밥 먹일 사variant of 食 받침에 올린 밥그릇과 입먹는 일과 먹을 것
  • 巽 부드러울 손sound 제물을 차려 놓은 모양‘손·찬’ 계열의 소리

How 饌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 饌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 巽, 食.

Korean example words with 饌

  • 찬용饌用 Korean gloss: 반찬거리로 쓸 것
  • 육찬肉饌 Korean gloss: 고기붙이로 만든 반찬
  • 찬합饌盒 Korean gloss: ‘찬합’에 담긴 음식
  • 성찬盛饌 Korean gloss: 풍성하게 잘 차린 음식
  • 찬육饌肉 Korean gloss: 반찬거리로 쓰는 쇠고기
  • 진찬珍饌 Korean gloss: 진귀하고 맛이 좋은 음식
  • 찬간饌間 Korean gloss: 집에서 반찬을 만드는 곳
  • 찬가饌價 Korean gloss: 반찬거리를 사는 데 드는 돈
  • 음찬飮饌 Korean gloss: 술과 음식을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 주찬酒饌 Korean gloss: 술과 안주를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 양찬糧饌 Korean gloss: 양식과 반찬을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 가찬佳饌 Korean gloss: 보기에 좋고 맛도 좋은 훌륭한 음식

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

Japanese words with 饌

  • 饌せん food offering to the gods; prepared food
  • 献饌けんせん food offering to the gods
  • 神饌しんせん food and alcohol offering to the gods
  • 饌米せんまい offering of consecrated rice
  • 酒饌しゅせん food and (alcoholic) drink
  • 食饌しょくせん food served on a table (esp. food served on a small Japanese table)
  • 飯饌パンチャン banchan; side dishes accompanying a typical Korean meal
  • 予饌会よせんかい farewell meeting; send-off

Characters sharing the phonetic 巽

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

Other hanja read “찬”

Other hanja with radical 食

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