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Translingual
Han character
弦 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition ⿰弓玄)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 357, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
- Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 993, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5F26
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 弦
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*ɡeːn
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| 絃
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*ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
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| 舷
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*ɡeːn
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| 痃
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*ɡeːn
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| 胘
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*ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 蚿
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*ɡeːn
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| 伭
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*ɡeːn
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| 婱
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*ɡeːn
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| 玄
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 眩
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*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 玹
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*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
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| 玆
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 詃
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*kʷeːn
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| 泫
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 鉉
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 炫
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 袨
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 衒
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*ɡʷeːn
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| 惤
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*ɡʷreːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːn) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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弦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xián
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁi/
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| English
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string of bow or instrument
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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弦
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14020
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Phonetic
component
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玄
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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賢
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡeːn/
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Definitions
弦
- string; bowstring
- crescent
- spring of a clock
- (music) string on a musical instrument
- (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
- (mathematics) chord
- (geometry) hypotenuse
- (figurative) wife
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
弦
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- bowstring
- (geometry) chord
Readings
Compounds
Coordinate terms
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
弦 • (gen)
- (music) string of a stringed instrument
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
弦 • (tsuru)
- a bowstring
- Synonym: 弓弦
- (music) the string of an instrument
- the bow-shaped handle of a pot or teapot
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
弦 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
- bowstring
Vietnamese
Han character
弦: Hán Nôm readings: huyền
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