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Translingual
Han character
泫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜女戈 (EYVI), four-corner 30132, composition ⿰氵玄)
- weep
- cry
- shine, glisten
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17319
- Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1593, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6CEB
Chinese
Etymology
Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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泫
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14035
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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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泫
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷeːn/
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Definitions
泫
- † (of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
- † to cry; to shed tears
- † (of dew) glimmering; glistening
- † dew
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “泫”, 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
泫
(Hyōgai kanji)
- weep
- cry
- shine
- glisten
Readings
Korean
Hanja
泫 (eum 현 (hyeon))
- weep
- cry
- shine
- glisten
Vietnamese
Han character
泫: Hán Nôm readings: huyên
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