峴

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See also: 岘
峴 U+5CF4, 峴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CF4
← 峳
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 峵 →

Translingual

Han character

峴 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山月山山 (UBUU), four-corner 26710, composition ⿰山見)

  1. steep hill
  2. mountain in Hubei province

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8106
  • Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5CF4

Chinese

trad. 峴
simp. 岘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涀 *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧 *ɡreːns
粯 *ɡreːns
晛 *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧 *keːnʔ
絸 *keːnʔ
垷 *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸 *keːnʔ
見 *keːns, *ɡeːns
俔 *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆 *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴 *ɡeːnʔ
哯 *ɡeːnʔ
睍 *ɡeːnʔ
現 *ɡeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːnʔ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 峴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡典切
Baxter henX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦenX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦenX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣenX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣienX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 峴
Reading # 1/1
No. 6199
Phonetic
component 		見
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		峴
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

峴

  1. used in the name of Mount Xian (south of Xiangyang)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

峴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)、げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峴しい)

Korean

Hanja

峴 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

峴: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễn, hiện

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