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

Stroke order

Han character

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

Kangxi radical #95, ⽞.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/玄
伭, 呟, 𡊨, 妶, 𪨬, 𢂄, 弦, 怰, 𢫔, 泫, 㹡, 𨸫, 𣃡, 昡, 𣐙, 𪵚, 炫, 玹, 胘, 𥙆, 眩, 𥎸, 𪿖, 𮃀, 袨, 絃, 𦍫, 舷, 蚿, 𧣙, 詃(𬣤), 䝮, 𧺻, 鉉(铉), 䩙, 𩗁, 䮄(𫠊), 𩨬, 鮌, 𪐷, 𪗰
𠛑, 𠡆, 𮟴, 𩑹, 䲻, 𠅋, 畜, 𦬾, 𣆂, 䍗, 𠣖, 痃, 衒, 牽, 𨴋, 𡇎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

simp. and trad.		玄
alternative forms		𤣥 Kangxi Dictionary 𢆯𠵓

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

Etymology

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

One of its derivations is 袨 (OC *ɡʷeːn, “a kind of black formal wear”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuán (xuan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn / hiàn
Northern Min (KCR): hṳ̌ing
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiân / goân

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶yi; ⁶yoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²
  - Yale: sywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̌ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xyiŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân
  - Tâi-lô: hiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
  - Tâi-lô: guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶yi; ⁶yoe
  - MiniDict: yi^去; yoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi; ³hhyoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/, /ɦyø²³/

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 (Hokkien)	/hian³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hieŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xyiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hiaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hin³¹/

Middle Chinese: hwen

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
Baxter	hwen
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

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。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  七月鸣𱉐、八月载绩。载玄载黄、我朱孔阳、为公子裳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 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
a surname

Compounds

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 (xuánzhīyòuxuán)
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 (Xuántiān Shàngdì)
玄奘
玄奧／玄奥
玄女 (Xuánnǚ)
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
玄氣／玄气
玄津
玄流
玄海
玄混
玄湣
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／玄秘塔碑
玄穹 (xuánqióng)
玄端
玄策
玄纁／玄𫄸
玄聖／玄圣
玄英
玄著
玄菟
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／玄针
玄門／玄门 (xuánmén)
玄闕／玄阙 (xuánquè)
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
玄龍／玄龙
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

References

“玄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

玄

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

mysterious
occultness

Readings

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

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

玄: Hán Việt readings: huyền

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