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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

(radical 57 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition)

  1. string
  2. string (of a bowed instrument)
  3. hypotenuse, crescent, chord

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 357, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
  • Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 993, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5F26

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping jin4, jyun4, Yale yin4, yun4)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)


Mandarin [edit]

simpl.
trad. or

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin xián (xian2), Wade-Giles hsien2)

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin xián)

  1. string on a musical instrument

Compounds [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ hɪɛn˧˥ ]

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, POJ hiân)

  1. (literary) string on a musical instrument

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(huyền)