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See also: 悬 and 𢝝
懸 U+61F8, 懸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61F8
← 懷
[U+61F7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 懹 →
[U+61F9]

Translingual

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Traditional 懸
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𢝝
Simplified 悬

Han character

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

Descendants

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References

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (縣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縣 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns
懸 *ɡʷeːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːn): phonetic 縣 (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic 心 (“heart”). 縣 originally referred to this word; 心 was added later for distinguishment.

Pronunciation 1

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trad. 懸
simp. 悬
alternative forms 𢝝
Note:
  • hèng - vernacular (“to hang down”);
  • hièng - literary.
Note:
  • hiân - literary;
  • soân - vernacular (俗).
Rime
Character 懸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡涓切
Baxter hwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuen/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiwen/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 懸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*N-kʷˁe[n]/ (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n] to account for Mǐn)
English suspend

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 懸
Reading # 1/1
No. 13577
Phonetic
component 		縣
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		玄
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes 俗同縣通用

Definitions

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懸

  1. to hang; to suspend
  2. (Eastern Min) to droop; to hang down
  3. to raise
  4. to feel anxious
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to announce
    懸賞／悬赏  ―  xuánshǎng  ―  to offer a reward
  6. (literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
    懸想／悬想  ―  xuánxiǎng  ―  to imagine
  7. to be unsettled; to be unresolved
  8. (colloquial) dangerous
    甲：「考試考得怎麼樣呢？」
    乙：「懸。」     [MSC, trad.]
    甲：「考试考得怎么样呢？」
    乙：「悬。」     [MSC, simp.]
    Jiǎ: “Kǎoshì kǎo de zěnmeyàng ne?”
    Yǐ: “Xuán.”     [Pinyin]
    A: How did you do on your test?
    B: Dangerous. (meaning: I might have failed but I might have passed.)
  9. far apart
  10. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (to announce):
  • (to feel anxious):
  • (to imagine):

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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trad. 懸
simp. 悬
alternative forms 𢝝
高
峘
危 Teochew
Note: vernacular.
Note:
  • ge2/genn2/ginn2 - “high, tall”;
  • he2/henn2/hinn2 - “to hang down”.
Note: vernacular.
Note:
  • vernacular;
  • guain5 - Chaoyang.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: guai5
      • Sinological IPA: /kuai²²/
Note: vernacular.

Definitions

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懸

  1. (Min) tall; high
  2. (Southern Min) of high level; above average
  3. (Hokkien) height
  4. (Puxian Min) to hang down
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 高 (“tall; high”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 高
Taiwan 高
Malaysia 高
Singapore 高
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 高
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 高
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 高
Xi'an 高
Xining 高
Xuzhou 高
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 高
Ürümqi 高
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 高
Wuhan 高, 長 †
Guiyang 高
Guilin 高
Liuzhou 高
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 高
Yangzhou 高
Hefei 高
Cantonese Guangzhou 高
Hong Kong 高
Taishan 高
Dongguan 高
Yangjiang 高
Singapore (Guangfu) 高
Gan Nanchang 高, 猛 †
Lichuan 高
Pingxiang 高
Hakka Meixian 高
Changting 高
Wuping 高
Liancheng 高
Ninghua 高
Yudu 高
Huizhou Jixi 高, 長 †
Jin Taiyuan 高
Xinzhou 高
Northern Min Jian'ou 高
Eastern Min Fuzhou 懸
Fuzhou (Changle) 懸
Fuqing 懸
Pingtan 懸
Yongtai 懸
Gutian 懸
Fu'an 懸
Ningde 懸
Shouning 懸
Zhouning 懸
Matsu 懸
Southern Min Xiamen 懸, 躼 †
Quanzhou 懸, 躼 †
Zhangzhou 懸, 躼 †
Zhao'an 懸
Taipei 懸, 躼 †
New Taipei (Sanxia) 懸, 躼 †
Kaohsiung 懸, 躼 †
Yilan 懸, 躼 †
Changhua (Lukang) 懸, 躼 †
Taichung 懸
Tainan 懸, 躼 †
Hsinchu 懸
Kinmen 懸
Penghu (Magong) 懸
Penang (Hokkien) 懸
Singapore (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
Manila (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
Chaozhou 懸
Shantou 懸
Singapore (Teochew) 懸
Leizhou 懸
Wenchang 懸
Qionghai 懸
Singapore (Hainanese) 懸
Puxian Min Putian 懸
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 懸
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 懸
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 懸
Xianyou 懸
Xianyou (Fengting) 懸
Xianyou (Youyang) 懸
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 懸
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 懸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 高
Wu Shanghai 高, 長 †
Shanghai (Chongming) 高, 長 †
Suzhou 高, 長 †
Danyang 高
Hangzhou 高, 長 †
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 長, 高
Shaoxing 高, 長 †
Ningbo 高, 長 †
Wenzhou 高, 長 †
Jinhua 高, 長 †
Xiang Changsha 高, 上
Loudi 高
Shuangfeng 高, 長 †
Hengyang 高
Note † - of a person's height

Compounds

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References

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  • (Cantonese)
  • (Hokkien)
  • (Puxian Min)
    • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “悬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 201, 260, 262.
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “悬”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “2125 高（他的个儿很～）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 492.
    • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “2126 高（楼房很～）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 492.

Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

𢝝

Print
standard

懸

Kanji

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懸

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢝝)

  1. suspend

Readings

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Compounds

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Definitions

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Kanji in this term
懸
か
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
懸
か > が
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 懸 – see the following entry.
【掛かけ】
[noun] credit
[noun] abbreviation of 掛け蕎麦 (kakesoba): soba noodles in hot broth with no accompaniment
[noun] abbreviation of 掛け饂飩 (kakeudon): udon noodles in hot broth with no accompaniment
[noun] something that has been started
[noun] rack, holder, hanger, hook, stand
[suffix] in the midst of
[suffix] rack, holder, hanger, hook, stand
[verb] imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 掛ける (kakeru) [ichidan]
Alternative spellings
掛, 懸け
【掛がけ】
[suffix] in the midst of
[suffix] tenths
[suffix] clad
Alternative spellings
掛, 懸け
(This term, 懸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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懸 (eumhun 매달 현 (maedal hyeon))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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懸: Hán Nôm readings: huyền

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