๐Ÿ€„ Sino-Korean Hanja Explorer

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ๅญธ
ํ•™
Learn / Study
Education & Knowledge
8 words โ†’
ๆ•Ž
๊ต
Teach / Instruct
Education & Knowledge
7 words โ†’
็”Ÿ
์ƒ
Life / Born / Live / Produce
Life & Existence
8 words โ†’
ๅœ‹
๊ตญ
Country / Nation
Society & Nation
7 words โ†’
ๅฟƒ
์‹ฌ
Heart / Mind
Mind & Emotion
8 words โ†’
ๆ„Ÿ
๊ฐ
Feel / Sense / Emotion
Mind & Emotion
7 words โ†’
ๅ‹•
๋™
Move / Action
Movement & Action
7 words โ†’
้€š
ํ†ต
Pass through / Communicate
Connection & Communication
6 words โ†’
ๆ™‚
์‹œ
Time / Hour
Time & Space
6 words โ†’
็พ
ํ˜„
Appear / Present / Now
Time & Space
6 words โ†’
็ถ“
๊ฒฝ
Pass through / Manage / Classic
Governance & Economy
5 words โ†’
ๆฟŸ
์ œ
Relieve / Cross over / Save
Governance & Economy
4 words โ†’
ๆ”ฟ
์ •
Politics / Rule / Government
Governance & Society
4 words โ†’
ๆณ•
๋ฒ•
Law / Method / Rule
Law & System
5 words โ†’
ๅ‰ต
์ฐฝ
Create / Initiate / Begin
Creation & Innovation
4 words โ†’
่จญ
์„ค
Establish / Set up
System & Infrastructure
4 words โ†’
่ง€
๊ด€
View / Observe / Perspective
Perception & Thought
5 words โ†’
ไธ€
์ผ
One
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไบŒ
์ด
Two
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไธ‰
์‚ผ
Three
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ››
์‚ฌ
Four
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไบ”
์˜ค
Five
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ…ญ
๋ฅ™/์œก
Six
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไธƒ
์น 
Seven
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ…ซ
ํŒ”
Eight
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไน
๊ตฌ
Nine
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ
์‹ญ
Ten
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆ—ฅ
์ผ
Sun / Day
General Vocabulary
3 words โ†’
ๆœˆ
์›”
Moon / Month
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็ซ
ํ™”
Fire
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆฐด
์ˆ˜
Water
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆœจ
๋ชฉ
Tree / Wood
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้‡‘
๊ธˆ
Gold / Metal
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅœŸ
ํ† 
Earth / Soil
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไบบ
์ธ
Person
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅคง
๋Œ€
Big
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไธญ
์ค‘
Middle
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅฐ
์†Œ
Small
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅฑฑ
์‚ฐ
Mountain
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅท
์ฒœ
River
General Vocabulary
1 words โ†’
ๅคฉ
์ฒœ
Heaven / Sky
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅœฐ
์ง€
Earth / Ground
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็”ท
๋‚จ
Man
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅฅณ
์—ฌ/๋…€
Woman
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅญ
์ž
Child
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็ˆถ
๋ถ€
Father
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆฏ
๋ชจ
Mother
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ…„
ํ˜•
Older Brother
General Vocabulary
1 words โ†’
ๅผŸ
์ œ
Younger Brother
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆฑ
๋™
East
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ฅฟ
์„œ
West
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ—
๋‚จ
South
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅŒ—
๋ถ
North
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไธŠ
์ƒ
Up / Above
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไธ‹
ํ•˜
Down / Below
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅทฆ
์ขŒ
Left
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅณ
์šฐ
Right
General Vocabulary
1 words โ†’
ๆ˜Ž
๋ช…
Bright
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไผ‘
ํœด
Rest
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็›ฎ
๋ชฉ
Eye
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่€ณ
์ด
Ear
General Vocabulary
1 words โ†’
ๅฃ
๊ตฌ
Mouth
General Vocabulary
3 words โ†’
ๆ‰‹
์ˆ˜
Hand
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ถณ
์กฑ
Foot / Leg
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ข
๋ฉด
Face / Surface
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็‰›
์šฐ
Cow
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ฆฌ
๋งˆ
Horse
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็พŠ
์–‘
Sheep
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ณฅ
์กฐ
Bird
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ญš
์–ด
Fish
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็Šฌ
๊ฒฌ
Dog
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้›จ
์šฐ
Rain
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้›ฒ
์šด
Cloud
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้›ช
์„ค
Snow
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ขจ
ํ’
Wind
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็Ÿณ
์„
Stone
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆ˜Ÿ
์„ฑ
Star
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็ฉบ
๊ณต
Empty / Sky
General Vocabulary
3 words โ†’
็™ฝ
๋ฐฑ
White
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ป‘
ํ‘
Black
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ตค
์ 
Red
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้‘
์ฒญ
Blue / Green
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ปƒ
ํ™ฉ
Yellow
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็™พ
๋ฐฑ
Hundred
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅƒ
์ฒœ
Thousand
General Vocabulary
1 words โ†’
่ฌ
๋งŒ
Ten Thousand
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ฃŸ
์‹
Eat / Food
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ฃฎ
์Œ
Drink
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ฆ‹
๊ฒฌ
See
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ž
๋ฌธ
Hear / Listen
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่จ€
์–ธ
Speak / Words
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ชž
์–ด
Language
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่กŒ
ํ–‰
Go / Walk
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไพ†
๋ž˜/๋‚ด
Come
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ‡บ
์ถœ
Go out / Exit
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ…ฅ
์ž…
Enter
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆญป
์‚ฌ
Death
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆ ก
๊ต
School
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็Ž‹
์™•
King
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆฐ‘
๋ฏผ
People / Citizens
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ‰
์ „
Front / Before
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅพŒ
ํ›„
Back / After
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅ…ง
๋‚ด
Inside
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅค–
์™ธ
Outside
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ซ˜
๊ณ 
High / Tall
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ไฝŽ
์ €
Low
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้•ท
์žฅ
Long / Head
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็Ÿญ
๋‹จ
Short
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆ–ฐ
์‹ 
New
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ˆŠ
๊ตฌ
Old
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
้ 
์›
Far
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
่ฟ‘
๊ทผ
Near
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅคš
๋‹ค
Many / Much
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๅฐ‘
์†Œ
Few / Little
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
ๆœ‰
์œ 
Exist / Have
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’
็„ก
๋ฌด
None / Lack
General Vocabulary
2 words โ†’

์‚ฌ์ž์„ฑ์–ด ยท Four-Character Idiom Gallery

ๅ››้ขๆฅšๆญŒ ์‚ฌ๋ฉด์ดˆ๊ฐ€

Songs of Chu from all four directions

Surrounded by enemies with no way out; being in an utterly helpless situation.

์ง€๊ธˆ ํšŒ์‚ฌ๋Š” ์ž๊ธˆ๋‚œ๊ณผ ์—ฌ๋ก  ์•…ํ™”๋กœ ์‚ฌ๋ฉด์ดˆ๊ฐ€์— ๋น ์ ธ ์žˆ๋‹ค.
ไฝœๅฟƒไธ‰ๆ—ฅ ์ž‘์‹ฌ์‚ผ์ผ

Determined mind lasts only three days

Giving up quickly on a resolution; short-lived determination.

์ƒˆํ•ด ๋‹ค์ด์–ดํŠธ ๊ฒฐ์‹ฌ์ด ๋˜ ์ž‘์‹ฌ์‚ผ์ผ๋กœ ๋๋‚ฌ๋‹ค.
ไธ€็ŸณไบŒ้ณฅ ์ผ์„์ด์กฐ

One stone, two birds

Killing two birds with one stone; gaining two benefits from one action.

์ž์ „๊ฑฐ๋กœ ์ถœํ‡ด๊ทผํ•˜๋ฉด ๊ฑด๊ฐ•๋„ ์ฑ™๊ธฐ๊ณ  ๊ตํ†ต๋น„๋„ ์•„๋ผ๋‹ˆ ์ผ์„์ด์กฐ๋‹ค.
้Ž็Œถ๏ฅงๅŠ ๊ณผ์œ ๋ถˆ๊ธ‰

Going too far is as bad as not going far enough

Moderation in all things; excess is just as bad as deficiency.

์—ด์ •๋„ ์ข‹์ง€๋งŒ ๋„ˆ๋ฌด ๋ฌด๋ฆฌํ•˜๋ฉด ๋ชธ์„ ๋ง์น˜๋‹ˆ ๊ณผ์œ ๋ถˆ๊ธ‰์ด๋‹ค.
่‹ฆ็›ก็”˜ไพ† ๊ณ ์ง„๊ฐ๋ž˜

Bitterness ends, sweetness comes

Pleasure follows pain; after hardship comes happiness.

ํž˜๋“  ์œ ํ•™ ์ƒํ™œ์„ ๊ฒฌ๋ŽŒ๋‚ธ ๊ทธ๋…€์—๊ฒŒ ๋งˆ์นจ๋‚ด ๊ณ ์ง„๊ฐ๋ž˜์˜ ๋‚ ์ด ์™”๋‹ค.
ๆ˜“ๅœฐๆ€ไน‹ ์—ญ์ง€์‚ฌ์ง€

Change places and think of it

Putting oneself in someone else's shoes; empathy and mutual understanding.

์ƒ๋Œ€๋ฐฉ์˜ ์ž…์žฅ์—์„œ ์—ญ์ง€์‚ฌ์ง€๋กœ ์ƒ๊ฐํ•ด๋ณด๋ฉด ์ดํ•ด๊ฐ€ ๊ฐˆ ๊ฒƒ์ด๋‹ค.
ๅˆฎ็›ฎ็›ธๅฐ ๊ด„๋ชฉ์ƒ๋Œ€

Rub one's eyes and face someone

To look at someone with new eyes due to their astonishing progress.

๊ทธ์˜ ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด ์‹ค๋ ฅ์€ ๊ด„๋ชฉ์ƒ๋Œ€ํ•  ๋งŒํผ ๊ธ‰๊ฒฉํžˆ ๋ฐœ์ „ํ–ˆ๋‹ค.
่ตฐ้ฆฌๅŠ ้žญ ์ฃผ๋งˆ๊ฐ€ํŽธ

Spurring a running horse

Urging someone who is already doing well to do even better / increasing momentum.

์ง€๊ธˆ๋„ ์„ฑ๊ณผ๊ฐ€ ์ข‹์ง€๋งŒ ์ฃผ๋งˆ๊ฐ€ํŽธ์˜ ๋œป์œผ๋กœ ์—ฐ๊ตฌ์— ๋” ๋ฐ•์ฐจ๋ฅผ ๊ฐ€ํ•˜์ž.
็•ฐๅฃๅŒ่ฒ ์ด๊ตฌ๋™์„ฑ

Different mouths, same voice

Unanimously; speaking with one accord.

์ฐธ์„์ž๋“ค์€ ์ด๊ตฌ๋™์„ฑ์œผ๋กœ ๊ทธ ์ œ์•ˆ์— ์ฐฌ์„ฑํ‘œ๋ฅผ ๋˜์กŒ๋‹ค.
ๆบซๆ•…็Ÿฅๆ–ฐ ์˜จ๊ณ ์ง€์‹ 

Review the old and learn the new

Gaining new insights and wisdom through understanding classical tradition and history.

ํ˜„๋Œ€์ ์ธ ๋””์ž์ธ์— ์ „ํ†ต ๋ฌธ์–‘์„ ์ ‘๋ชฉํ•œ ๊ฒƒ์€ ์˜จ๊ณ ์ง€์‹ ์˜ ์ข‹์€ ์˜ˆ๋‹ค.
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