견

견	U+ACAC, 견 HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEON

Composition:

게 ←	→ 계
겨 격 겪 겫견겭 겮 겯 결 겱 겲 겳 겴 겵 겶 겷 겸 겹 겺 겻 겼 경 겾 겿 곀 곁 곂 곃

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 絹 (“silk”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gyeon
McCune–Reischauer^?	kyŏn
Yale Romanization^?	kyen

견 • (gyeon) (hanja 絹)

Sino-Korean word from 犬 (“dog”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjɘ(ː)n]
Phonetic hangul: [견(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gyeon
McCune–Reischauer^?	kyŏn
Yale Romanization^?	kyēn

견 • (gyeon) (hanja 犬)

dog (animal)
Synonym: (more common) 개 (gae)

나 는 견(犬)이다 ― na-neun gyeon-ida ― I Am a Dog (2018—2019 EBS documentary series)

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

견 • (gyeon)

More information

見: to see
(eumhun reading: 볼 견 (bol gyeon))
(MC reading: 見 (MC kenH|henH))
絹: silk
(eumhun reading: 비단 견 (bidan gyeon))
(MC reading: 絹 (MC kjwienH))
遣: to send
(eumhun reading: 보낼 견 (bonael gyeon))
(MC reading: 遣 (MC khjienX|khjienH))
犬: dog
(eumhun reading: 개 견 (gae gyeon))
(MC reading: 犬 (MC khwenX))
堅: to harden
(eumhun reading: 굳을 견 (gudeul gyeon))
(MC reading: 堅 (MC ken))
牽: to steer
(eumhun reading: 끌 견 (kkeul gyeon))
(MC reading: 牽 (MC khen|khenH))
甄: pottery
(eumhun reading: 질 그릇 견 (jilgeureut gyeon))
(MC reading: 甄 (MC tsyin|kjien))
鵑: cuckoo
(eumhun reading: 두견 견 (dugyeon gyeon))
(MC reading: 鵑 (MC kwen))
肩: shoulder
(eumhun reading: 어깨 견 (eokkae gyeon))
(MC reading: 肩 (MC ken))
繭: silkworm pupa
(eumhun reading: 고치 견 (gochi gyeon))
(MC reading: 繭 (MC kenX))
譴: to reprimand
(eumhun reading: 꾸짖을 견 (kkujijeul gyeon))
(MC reading: 譴 (MC khjienH))