玹

玹 U+73B9, 玹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73B9 ← 玸 [U+73B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 玺 → [U+73BA]

Translingual

Han character

玹 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜女戈 (MGYVI), four-corner 1013₂, composition ⿰𤣩玄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 729, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20898
• Dae Jaweon: page 1140, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1108, character 9
• Unihan data for U+73B9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Yale: sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwen, hwenH

Rime
Character	玹	玹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	胡涓切	黃練切
Baxter	hwen	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen/	/ɦwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen/	/ɦʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn/	/ɣuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn/	/ɦwɛnH/
Li Rong	/ɣuen/	/ɣuenH/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen/	/ɣiwenH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwen/	/ɣiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玹	玹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14031	14041
Phonetic component	玄	玄
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	玄	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/	/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes	見漢石經	見漢石經

Definitions

玹

1. A gemstone resembling jade
2. color of jade

Japanese

Kanji

玹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: いし (ishi)

Korean

Hanja

玹 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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