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Translingual
Han character
懸 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 62339, composition ⿱縣心)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
- Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 5
- Unihan data for U+61F8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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縣
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*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns
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懸
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*ɡʷeːn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːn) : phonetic 縣 (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- hèng - vernacular;
- hièng - literary.
Note:
- hiân - literary;
- soân - vernacular (俗).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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懸
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xuán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hwen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-kʷˁe/ (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.ʷˁe to account for Mǐn)
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English
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suspend
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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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懸
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13577
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Phonetic component
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縣
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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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玄
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷeːn/
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Notes
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俗同縣通用
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Definitions
懸
- to hang; to suspend
- to raise
- to feel anxious
- (literary, or in compounds) to announce
- 懸賞/悬赏 ― xuánshǎng ― to offer a reward
- (literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
- 懸想/悬想 ― xuánxiǎng ― to imagine
- to be unsettled; to be unresolved
- (colloquial) dangerous
甲:「考試考得怎麼樣呢?」
乙:「懸。」 [MSC, trad.]
甲:「考试考得怎么样呢?」
乙:「悬。」 [MSC, simp.]- Jiǎ: “Kǎoshì kǎo de zěnmeyàng ne?”
Yǐ: “Xuán.” - A: How did you do on your test?
B: Dangerous. (meaning: I might have failed but I might have passed.)
- far apart
- a surname
Synonyms
- 佈告 / 布告 (bùgào) (literary)
- 公告 (gōnggào)
- 公布 (gōngbù)
- 告知 (gàozhī)
- 告示 (gàoshì) (literary)
- 報信 / 报信 (bàoxìn)
- 奉告 (fènggào)
- 宣告 (xuāngào)
- 宣布 (xuānbù)
- 宣明 (xuānmíng)
- 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
- 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
- 披露 (pīlù)
- 揭曉 / 揭晓 (jiēxiǎo)
- 揭示 (jiēshì)
- 曉諭 / 晓谕 (xiǎoyù) (literary)
- 發布 / 发布 (fābù)
- 通告 (tōnggào)
- 通知 (tōngzhī)
- 頒布 / 颁布 (bānbù)
- 頒發 / 颁发 (bānfā)
- 頒降 / 颁降 (bānjiàng) (literary)
- 心念 (Hokkien)
- 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 惦念 (diànniàn)
- 惦記 / 惦记 (diànjì)
- 懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 掛念 / 挂念 (guàniàn)
- 掛意 / 挂意 (guàyì)
- 掛記 / 挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
- 數念 / 数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
- 牽掛 / 牵挂 (qiānguà)
- 眷懷 / 眷怀 (juànhuái) (literary)
- 眷注 (juànzhù) (literary)
- 眷顧 / 眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
- 記掛 / 记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
- 顧念 / 顾念 (gùniàn)
- 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
- 估量
- 假定 (jiǎdìng)
- 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
- 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
- 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
- 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
- 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
- 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
- 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
- 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
- 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
- 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 揣度 (formal)
- 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
- 母量 (mu3 liong) (Gan)
- 派胚 (Hokkien)
- 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
- 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
- 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
- 猜 (cāi)
- 猜度 (cāiduó)
- 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
- 猜摸 (cāimo)
- 猜料 (cāiliào)
- 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
- 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
- 算 (suàn)
- 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
- 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
- 臭疑 (Hokkien)
- 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
- 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
- 要約 / 要约 (iau3 ieh4) (Jin)
- 設 / 设 (shè)
- 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
- 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 青疑 (Hokkien)
- 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Note: vernacular.
Note:
- ge2/giⁿ2 - “high, tall”;
- he2/hiⁿ2 - “hang down”.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
Note: vernacular.
Note:
- vernacular;
- guain5 - Chaoyang.
Definitions
懸
- (Min) tall; high
- (Southern Min) of high level; above average
- (Hokkien) height
- (Puxian Min) to hang down
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
高 (“tall; high”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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高
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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高
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Taiwan
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高
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Malaysia
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高
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Singapore
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高
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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高
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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高
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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高
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Wuhan
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高, 長 †
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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高
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Hefei
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高
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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高
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Hong Kong
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高
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Taishan
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高
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Yangjiang
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高
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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高
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Gan
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Nanchang
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高, 猛 †
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Hakka
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Meixian
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高
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Changting
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高
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Wuping
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高
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Liancheng
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高
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Ninghua
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高
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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高
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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高
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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懸
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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懸
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Fuqing
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懸
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Pingtan
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懸
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Yongtai
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懸
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Gutian
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懸
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Fu'an
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懸
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Ningde
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懸
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Shouning
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懸
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Zhouning
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懸
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Matsu
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懸
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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懸, 躼 †
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Quanzhou
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懸, 躼 †
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Zhangzhou
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懸, 躼 †
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Zhao'an
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懸
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Taipei
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懸, 躼 †
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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懸, 躼 †
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Kaohsiung
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懸, 躼 †
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Yilan
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懸, 躼 †
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Changhua (Lukang)
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懸, 躼 †
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Taichung
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懸
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Tainan
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懸, 躼 †
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Hsinchu
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懸
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Kinmen
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懸
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Penghu (Magong)
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懸
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Penang (Hokkien)
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懸
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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懸, 躼 †
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Manila (Hokkien)
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懸, 躼 †
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Chaozhou
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懸
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Shantou
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懸
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Singapore (Teochew)
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懸
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Wenchang
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懸
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Qionghai
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懸
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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懸
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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懸
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Xianyou
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懸
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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懸
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Wu
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Shanghai
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高, 長 †
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Suzhou
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高, 長 †
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Hangzhou (Yuhang)
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長, 高
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Wenzhou
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高, 長 †
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Xiang
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Changsha
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高, 上
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Shuangfeng
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高, 長 †
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Note
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† - of a person's height
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Compounds
References
- “Entry #12998”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “悬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 201, 260, 262.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “悬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.
Japanese
Kanji
懸
(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢝝)
- suspend
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
懸 (eumhun 매달 현 (maedal hyeon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
懸: Hán Nôm readings: huyền
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