玄

See also: 亥

玄 U+7384, 玄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7384 ← 玃 [U+7383] CJK Unified Ideographs 玅 → [U+7385]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

玄 (radical 95, 玄+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜女戈 (YVI), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿱亠幺)

1. Kangxi radical #95, ⽞.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/玄
• 呟 畜 弦 絃 衒

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 725, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20814
• Dae Jaweon: page 1134, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 280, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7384

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 玄
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn / hiàn
• Min Bei (KCR): hṳ̌ing
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiân / goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴
    • Yale: yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian²
    • IPA: /hi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian²
    • IPA: /hi̯an¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
    • IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
    • Tâi-lô: hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
    • Tâi-lô: guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng
    • IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 玄
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕyan³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕyan²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕyan⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕyã⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɕyã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕyan⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕyã²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕyã²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕyan⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕyɛ̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕyan⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕiɛn²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕyan³¹/
	Guiyang	/ɕian²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ̃³¹/
	Nanjing	/ɕyen⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ɕyĩ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕye¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕye̞¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕye³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦi²³/ /ɦyø²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦiø¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦyõ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/jy³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕye⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/ɕyɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕyẽ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕyɵn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/hian¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/hien¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jyn²¹/
	Nanning	/yn²¹/
	Hong Kong	/jyn²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hian³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hieŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xyiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hiaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hin³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦwen/▼

Rime
Character	玄
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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣuen/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuán
Middle Chinese	‹ hwen ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁi[n]/
English	dark
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	玄
Reading #	1/1
No.	14029
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	玄
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

玄

1. deep; profound; mysterious

Compounds

Derived terms from 玄

• 三玄
• 九天玄女
• 十玄門／十玄门
• 唐玄宗
• 大羹玄酒
• 天地玄黃／天地玄黄
• 太玄 (tàixuán)
• 太玄經／太玄经 (Tàixuánjīng)
• 好弄玄虛／好弄玄虚
• 故弄玄虛／故弄玄虚 (gùnòngxuánxū)
• 易玄光
• 暗藏玄機／暗藏玄机
• 正始玄風／正始玄风
• 法華玄義／法华玄义
• 玄之又玄
• 玄了
• 玄兔
• 玄冥
• 玄冬
• 玄化
• 玄厲／玄厉
• 玄參／玄参 (xuánshēn)
• 玄圃
• 玄圃積玉／玄圃积玉
• 玄堂
• 玄塞
• 玄天
• 玄天上帝
• 玄奘 (Xuánzàng)
• 玄奧／玄奥
• 玄女
• 玄妙 (xuánmiào)
• 玄妙入神
• 玄妙無窮／玄妙无穷
• 玄妙莫測／玄妙莫测
• 玄妻
• 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)
• 玄學／玄学 (xuánxué)
• 玄宗
• 玄室

• 玄宮／玄宫
• 玄德
• 玄悟
• 玄想
• 玄教
• 玄旨
• 玄月
• 玄服
• 玄根
• 玄機／玄机 (xuánjī)
• 玄機妙算／玄机妙算
• 玄武 (Xuánwǔ)
• 玄武岩 (xuánwǔyán)
• 玄武湖
• 玄武門／玄武门
• 玄津
• 玄流
• 玄海
• 玄混
• 玄熊
• 玄燭／玄烛
• 玄狐
• 玄狐蜂
• 玄玄
• 玄玉
• 玄珠
• 玄理
• 玄真
• 玄石
• 玄石沉湎
• 玄社
• 玄祕塔碑
• 玄穹
• 玄端
• 玄策
• 玄纁
• 玄聖／玄圣
• 玄英
• 玄菟
• 玄著

• 玄虛／玄虚 (xuánxū)
• 玄製／玄制
• 玄覽／玄览
• 玄談／玄谈
• 玄謀／玄谋
• 玄謀廟算／玄谋庙算
• 玄象
• 玄豹
• 玄趾
• 玄遠／玄远
• 玄都
• 玄酒
• 玄鍼
• 玄門／玄门
• 玄闕／玄阙
• 玄關／玄关 (xuánguān)
• 玄關妙理／玄关妙理
• 玄陰／玄阴
• 玄雲／玄云
• 玄青 (xuánqīng)
• 玄風／玄风
• 玄駒／玄驹
• 玄鳥／玄鸟
• 玄鳥氏／玄鸟氏
• 玄鳳／玄凤
• 玄鶴／玄鹤
• 玄黃／玄黄
• 玄黃翻覆／玄黄翻覆
• 玄鼠
• 精悟玄鑒／精悟玄鉴
• 義玄／义玄
• 談玄／谈玄
• 賣弄玄虛／卖弄玄虚
• 超超玄箸
• 趙玄壇／赵玄坛
• 通玄
• 鉤玄／钩玄
• 鉤玄提要／钩玄提要
• 陳玄／陈玄

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Japanese

Kanji

玄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mysterious
2. occultness

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: くろ (kuro, 玄); くろい (kuroi, 玄い)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

玄 (huyền)

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