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Translingual
Han character
衒 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜戈弓 (HOYIN), four-corner 21732, composition ⿴行玄 or ⿲彳玄亍)
- brag
- show off, promote oneself
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34045
- Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 8
- Unihan data for U+8852
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) : semantic 行 + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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衒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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14040
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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
衒
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Compounds
References
- “衒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “衒”, 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
衒
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
衒 (eum 현 (hyeon))
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Vietnamese
Han character
衒: Hán Nôm readings: huyễn
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References