Hanja Analyzer
鬟

鬟 — hwan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쪽찐 머리 환
Romanization
hwan
English
dress hair in coiled knot; maid
Mandarin
huán
Japanese on'yomi
カン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
わげ みずら
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
23
Radical
髟 (190, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
睘
Unicode
U+9B1F

Parts that make up 鬟

  • 髟 머리털 희뜩희뜩할 표, 깃발 날릴 표, 머리 늘일 표 길게 늘어뜨린 머리털머리털과 머리 모양
  • 睘 놀라서볼 경sound 놀라 크게 뜬 눈‘경·환’ 계열의 소리

How 鬟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鬟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 髟, 睘.

Japanese words with 鬟

  • 娃鬟あいかん beautiful woman
  • 髻鬟けいかん bun (hair); topknot

Characters sharing the phonetic 睘

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

Other hanja read “환”

Other hanja with radical 髟

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