鉉

See also: 铉

Translingual

Han character

鉉 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金卜女戈 (CYVI), four-corner 8013₂, composition ⿰釒玄)

1. a device for carrying a ding cauldron
2. The Three Ducal Ministers, also translated as the Three Dukes, Three Excellencies, or the Three Lords, was the collective name for the three highest officials in ancient China.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40290
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4190, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9249

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Chinese

trad.		鉉
simp.		铉

Glyph origin

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): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵
    • Yale: yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwenX

Rime
Character	鉉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡畎切
Baxter	hwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwenX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷenX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛnX/
Li Rong	/ɣuenX/
Wang Li	/ɣiwenX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwenX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉉
Reading #	1/1
No.	14036
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鉉

1. a device for carrying a ding cauldron
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

鉉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: つる (tsuru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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