現

See also: 现

Translingual

Han character

現 (radical 96 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土月山山 (MGBUU), four-corner 1611₀, composition ⿰王見)

1. appear, manifest, become visible
2. now

References

• KangXi: page 732, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21004
• Dae Jaweon: page 1143, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1116, character 3
• Unihan data for U+73FE

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Chinese

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trad.		現
simp.		现

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (現, reconstructed)
Character (現), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 胡甸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦenH/	/ɣienH/	/ɣenH/	/ɦenH/	/ɦɛnH/	/ɣienH/	/ɣɛnH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (現, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
現								xiàn								‹ henH ›								/*N-[k]ˤen-s/								appear
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
現					6207					見					元					2					見					/*ɡeːns/					俗同見

Compounds

• 現在 (xiànzài)
• 現代 (xiàn dài)

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Japanese

Kanji

現

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: げん (gen)
• Kan’on: けん (ken)
• Kun: あらわれる (arawareru), あらわす (arawasu), うつつ (utsutsu)

Compounds

• 現代 (げんだい, gendai, “the present day, modern times”)
• 現金 (げんきん, genkin, “cash”)

• 現在地 (げんざいち, genzaichi, “you are here”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

現 (hiện, hẹn, kén)

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