顯

See also: 显 and 顕

Translingual

Traditional	顯
Shinjitai	顕
Simplified	显

Han character

顯 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 日火一月金 (AFMBC), four-corner 6138₆, composition ⿰㬎頁)

Derived characters

• 𡆘, 灦, 𣡲, 𩎌/𩎍, 𧖙

Descendants

• 顕 (In Japanese shinjitai)
• 显 (In simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43726
• Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4395, character 6
• Unihan data for U+986F

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Chinese

trad.		顯
simp.		显
alternative forms		㬎 (ancient form) 𣊡 (ancient form) 𩔰 㫫 顕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顯
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 (顯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
顯	*hŋeːnʔ
韅	*hŋeːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hŋeːnʔ) : 㬎 + 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hién / hián
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiáⁿ / hián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² / hiêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin²
    • Yale: hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hién
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hián
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáⁿ / hián
    • Tâi-lô: hiánn / hián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviar, hiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁵³/, /hiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁵⁵⁴/, /hiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiã⁵³/, /hiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiã⁵³/, /hiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴¹/, /hiɛn⁴¹/

Note:

• hiáⁿ - vernacular;
• hián - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hiang² / hiêng²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng / hiéng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²/, /hieŋ⁵²/

Note:

• hiang2 - Shantou;
• hiêng2 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: xenX

Rime
Character	顯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼典切
Baxter	xenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/henX/
Pan Wuyun	/henX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛnX/
Li Rong	/xenX/
Wang Li	/xienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤenʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ xenX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁenʔ/
English	display, manifest
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	顯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13537
Phonetic component	顯
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	顯
Old Chinese	/*hŋeːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 顯

1. prominent; conspicuous; visible
2. to appear; to manifest; to display

   長得顯老／长得显老  ―  zhǎng de xiǎnlǎo  ―  to look old

3. (prefix) phanero-

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Japanese

Shinjitai	顕
Kyūjitai	顯

Kanji

顯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 顕)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)

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Korean

Hanja

顯 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 顯 (hiển)

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