玄

See also: 亥

玄	U+7384, 玄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7384

← 玃
[U+7383]

CJK Unified Ideographs

玅 →
[U+7385]

⽞	U+2F5E, ⽞ KANGXI RADICAL PROFOUND

← ⽝
[U+2F5D]

Kangxi Radicals

⽟ →
[U+2F5F]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 95 玄

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

Kangxi radical #95, ⽞.

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		玄
alternative forms		𤣥 Kangxi Dictionary

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. The oldest basic color term for "black" which was later replaced by 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴
  - Yale: yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian²
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯an¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
  - Tâi-lô: hiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
  - Tâi-lô: guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕyɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕyẽ¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕyɵn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/hian¹¹/
Hakka	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/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁴

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[edit]

玄

deep; profound; mysterious
black; reddish black
- 七月鳴鵙、八月載績。載玄載黃、我朱孔陽、為公子裳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  七月鸣鵙、八月载绩。载玄载黄、我朱孔阳、为公子裳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version
  Qīyuè míng jú, bāyuè zǎi jì. Zǎi xuán zǎi huáng, wǒ zhū kǒng yáng, wèi gōngzǐ shang. [Pinyin]
  In the seventh month there is the crying shrike; in the eighth month we spin, both black and yellow; our red-dye is very bright; we make skirts for the young noblemen.
sky

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 玄

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

玄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

mysterious
occultness

Readings[edit]

Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)^{←げん (gen, historical)}^{←ぐ𛅑ん (gwen, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: くろ (kuro, 玄); くろい (kuroi, 玄い)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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