懸

See also: 悬

Translingual

Han character

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

Descendants

• 悬

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		懸
simp.		悬

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 懸

1. to hang; to suspend; to hoist
2. to be hung
3. to announce
4. to feel anxious
5. to imagine
6. to raise
7. unsettled; 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

Pronunciation 2

trad.		懸
simp.		悬
alternative forms		高 峘

• Eastern Min (BUC): gèng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koâiⁿ / kûiⁿ / koân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guin⁵

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ⁵³/

Note: vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koâiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuâinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore): /kuãi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kuĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân
    • Tâi-lô: kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaan
    • IPA (Tainan, Lukang, Yilan, Singapore): /kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /kuan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³/

Note: vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kûiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ⁵⁵/

Note: vernacular.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 懸

1. (Min) tall; high
2. (Southern Min) of high level; above average

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高 (“tall; high”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	高
	Taiwan	高
	Malaysia	高
	Singapore	高
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	高
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	高
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	高
	Wuhan	高, 長 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	高
	Hefei	高
Cantonese	Guangzhou	高
	Hong Kong	高
	Taishan	高
	Yangjiang	高
	Singapore (Guangfu)	高
Gan	Nanchang	高, 猛 †
Hakka	Meixian	高
	Changting	高
	Wuping	高
	Liancheng	高
	Ninghua	高
Jin	Taiyuan	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
	Wenchang	懸
	Qionghai	懸
	Singapore (Hainanese)	懸
Puxian Min	Putian	懸
	Xianyou	懸
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	懸
Wu	Shanghai	高, 長 †
	Suzhou	高, 長 †
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	長, 高
	Wenzhou	高, 長 †
Xiang	Changsha	高, 上
	Shuangfeng	高, 長 †
Note	† - of a person's height

References

• “Entry #12998”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

懸

(Jōyō kanji)

1. suspend

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: け (ke, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 懸ける, Jōyō); かかる (kakaru, 懸かる, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

懸 • (hyeon)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 현 (revised: hyeon, McCune–Reischauer: hyŏn, Yale: hyen)
  • Name (hangeul): 매달 현
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 懸 (huyền)

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