泫

泫 U+6CEB, 泫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CEB ← 泪 [U+6CEA] CJK Unified Ideographs 泬 → [U+6CEC]

Translingual

Han character

泫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜女戈 (EYVI), four-corner 3013₂, composition ⿰氵玄)

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine, glisten

Derived characters

• 𫈞, 𩃚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17319
• Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1593, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6CEB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泫
alternative forms		汱

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwenX

Rime
Character	泫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡畎切
Baxter	hwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwenX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷenX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛnX/
Li Rong	/ɣuenX/
Wang Li	/ɣiwenX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwenX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14035
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

泫

1. ^† (of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
2. ^† to cry; to shed tears
3. ^† (of dew) glimmering; glistening
4. ^† dew

Compounds

• 泫沄
• 泫泫
• 泫然
• 泫然欲泣
• 潸泫

 

Japanese

Kanji

泫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine
4. glisten

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: ながれる (nagareru)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

Korean

Hanja

泫 (eum 현 (hyeon))

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine
4. glisten

Vietnamese

Han character

泫: Hán Nôm readings: huyên

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References

• Nom Foundation