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Translingual
Han character
眩 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山卜女戈 (BUYVI), four-corner 60032, composition ⿰目玄)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23254
- Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2482, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7729
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 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
Etymology
Related to 熒 (OC wêŋ). See there for more.
Pronunciation
Note:
- hiân - literary;
- hîn - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hiêng5 / hiang5 / hing5 / hêng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiêng / hiâng / hîng / hêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hieŋ⁵⁵/, /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hiŋ⁵⁵/, /heŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
- hiêng5 - literary (Chaozhou);
- hiang5 - literary (Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang);
- hing5 - vernacular (Chaozhou);
- hêng5 - vernacular (Jieyang).
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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眩
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眩
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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14030
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14037
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Phonetic
component
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玄
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玄
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Rime
group
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元
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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玄
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泫
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷeːn/
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/*ɡʷeːn/
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Definitions
眩
- dizzy; giddy; vertiginous
- (literary) puzzled; bewildered
- Alternative form of 炫 (xuàn, “to dazzle”)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
暈 (“dizzy; giddy”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
眩
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
眩 • (hyeon, hwan) (hangeul 현, 환, revised hyeon, hwan, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, hwan, Yale hyen, hwan)
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