懸

See also 悬

Translingual

simpl.		悬
trad.		懸

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 縣 + semantic 心 (“heart”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).

Han character

懸 (radical 61 心+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 6233₉)

1. hang, suspend, hoist
2. be hung

Descendants

• 悬

References

• KangXi: page 408, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
• Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2368, character 5
• Unihan data for U+61F8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

懸 (simplified 悬, Yale yun4)

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Japanese

Kanji

懸 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken), け (ke)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), かかる (kakaru)

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Korean

Hanja

懸
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 현 (revised: hyeon, McCune-Reischauer: hyŏn, Yale: hyen)

• Name (hangeul): 매달 현()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

懸 (simplified 悬, pinyin xuán (xuan2), Wade-Giles hsüan²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

懸 (huyền)