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Translingual
Han character
絃 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女戈 (VFYVI), four-corner 20932, composition ⿰糹玄)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27373
- Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3385, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7D43
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, *qʰʷeːn) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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絃
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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14021
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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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| Notes
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俗弦字
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Definitions
絃
- Alternative form of 弦 (“string on a musical instrument”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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絃
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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14028
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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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絢
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰʷeːn/
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| Notes
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同絢
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Definitions
絃
- Alternative form of 絢 / 绚 (xuàn)
Japanese
Kanji
絃
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
絃 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
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Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
絃: Hán Việt readings: huyền
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