玄
See also: 亥
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Translingual
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Han character
玄 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜女戈 (YVI), four-corner 00732, composition ⿱亠幺)
- Kangxi radical #95, ⽞.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/玄
- 伭, 呟, 𡊨, 妶, 𪨬, 𢂄, 弦, 怰, 𢫔, 泫, 㹡, 𨸫, 𣃡, 昡, 𣐙, 𪵚, 炫, 玹, 胘, 𥙆, 眩, 𥎸, 𪿖, 𮃀, 袨, 絃, 𦍫, 舷, 蚿, 𧣙, 詃(𬣤), 䝮, 𧺻, 鉉(铉), 䩙, 𩗁, 䮄(𫠊), 𩨬, 鮌, 𪐷, 𪗰
- 𠛑, 𠡆, 𮟴, 𩑹, 䲻, 𠅋, 畜, 𦬾, 𣆂, 䍗, 𠣖, 痃, 衒, 牽, 𨴋, 𡇎
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 725, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20814
- Dae Jaweon: page 1134, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 280, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7384
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 玄 | |
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| alternative forms | 𤣥 Kangxi Dictionary 𢆯 𠵓 | |
Glyph origin
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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| 弦 | *ɡeːn |
| 絃 | *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn |
| 舷 | *ɡeːn |
| 痃 | *ɡeːn |
| 胘 | *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 蚿 | *ɡeːn |
| 伭 | *ɡeːn |
| 婱 | *ɡeːn |
| 玄 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 眩 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玹 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玆 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 詃 | *kʷeːn |
| 泫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 鉉 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 炫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 袨 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 衒 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 惤 | *ɡʷreːŋ |
Etymology
Unknown. The oldest basic color term for "black" which was later replaced by 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
玄
- deep; profound; mysterious
- black; reddish black
- 七月鳴鵙、八月載績。載玄載黃、我朱孔陽、為公子裳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version
- Qīyuè míng jú, bāyuè zǎi jì. Zǎi xuán zǎi huáng, wǒ zhū kǒng yáng, wèi gōngzǐ shang. [Pinyin]
- In the seventh month there is the crying shrike; in the eighth month we spin, both black and yellow; our red-dye is very bright; we make skirts for the young noblemen.
七月鸣𱉐、八月载绩。载玄载黄、我朱孔阳、为公子裳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- sky
Compounds
Derived terms from 玄
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Japanese
Kanji
玄
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- mysterious
- occultness
Readings
- Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)
- Kan-on: けん (ken)
- Kun: くろ (kuro, 玄); くろい (kuroi, 玄い)
Korean
Hanja
玄 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
玄: Hán Nôm readings: huyền
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