현

현 U+D604, 현 HANGUL SYLLABLE HYEON Composition: ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄴ ← 혃 [U+D603] Hangul Syllables 혅 → [U+D605]

혀혁혂혃현혅혆 혇혈혉혊혋혌혍 혎혏혐협혒혓혔 형혖혗혘혙혚혛
헤 ←	→ 혜

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 弦/絃 (弦 / 絃, “string”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [현]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	hyŏn
Yale Romanization?	hyen

Noun

현 • (hyeon) (hanja 弦/絃)

1. string on a musical instrument

   Synonym: 스트링 (seuteuring)

2. bowstring

   Synonym: 활시위 (hwalsiwi)

3. (mathematics) chord
4. (geometry) hypotenuse

Usage notes

• According to the Standard Korean Language Dictionary, the hanja 絃 with the "silk" radical should be used for the musical senses, and 弦 with the "bow" radical should be used for the other senses.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 弦 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (弦, hyeon).
• See the hanja entry at 絃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (絃, hyeon).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 現 (“current; present; manifest”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [현(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	hyŏn
Yale Romanization?	hyēn

Determiner

현 • (hyeon)

1. current; present

   현 정권 ― hyeon jeonggwon ― the current administration

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 現 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (現, hyeon).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 縣 (“county; prefecture”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [현(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	hyŏn
Yale Romanization?	hyēn

Noun

현 • (hyeon) (hanja 縣)

1. prefecture, county; traditionally the smallest administrative division in East Asia. It is translated as "prefecture" in contemporary Japan, "county" in contemporary China and Taiwan, and "district" in Vietnam. The hyeon was abolished in Korea in 1894.

Etymology 4

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

현 (hyeon)

Extended content

現: appearing (eumhun reading: 나타날 현 (natanal hyeon)) (MC reading: 現 (MC henH)) 鉉: (MC reading: 鉉 (MC hwenX)) 賢: (MC reading: 賢 (MC hen)) 玄: (MC reading: 玄 (MC hwen)) 顯: (MC reading: 顯 (MC xenX)) 縣: (MC reading: 縣 (MC hwen|hwenH)) 峴: (MC reading: 峴 (MC henX)) 懸: (MC reading: 懸 (MC hwen)) 弦: (MC reading: 弦 (MC hen)) 炫: (MC reading: 炫 (MC hwenH)) 絃: (MC reading: 絃 (MC hen|xwenH)) 眩: (MC reading: 眩 (MC hwen|hwenH)) 絢: (MC reading: 絢 (MC xwenH)) 舷: (MC reading: 舷 (MC hen)) 衒: (MC reading: 衒 (MC hwenH)) 見: (MC reading: 見 (MC kenH|henH)) 俔: (MC reading: 俔 (MC henX|khenH)) 晛: (MC reading: 晛 (MC henX|nenH)) 泫: (MC reading: 泫 (MC hwenX)) 玹: (MC reading: 玹 (MC hwen|hwenH)) 睍: 햇살 (MC reading: 睍 (MC henX))