峴

See also: 岘

Translingual

Han character

峴 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山月山山 (UBUU), four-corner 2671₀, composition ⿰山見)

1. steep hill
2. mountain in Hubei province

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8106
• Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5CF4

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Chinese

trad.		峴
simp.		岘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːnʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
    • Yale: syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁶
    • Yale: yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: henX

Rime
Character	峴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡典切
Baxter	henX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦenX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦenX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛnX/
Li Rong	/ɣenX/
Wang Li	/ɣienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峴
Reading #	1/1
No.	6199
Phonetic component	見
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	峴
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 峴

1. used in the name of Mount Xian (south of Xiangyang)

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Japanese

Kanji

峴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峴しい)

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Korean

Hanja

峴 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 峴 (nghiễn, hiện)

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