鉉

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See also: 铉
鉉 U+9249, 鉉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9249
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鉊 →

Translingual

Han character

鉉 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金卜女戈 (CYVI), four-corner 80132, composition ⿰釒玄)

  1. a device for carrying a ding cauldron
  2. The Three Ducal Ministers, also translated as the Three Dukes, Three Excellencies, or the Three Lords, was the collective name for the three highest officials in ancient China.

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40290
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4190, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9249

Chinese

trad. 鉉
simp. 铉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弦 *ɡeːn
絃 *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷 *ɡeːn
痃 *ɡeːn
胘 *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿 *ɡeːn
伭 *ɡeːn
婱 *ɡeːn
玄 *ɡʷeːn
眩 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆 *ɡʷeːn
詃 *kʷeːn
泫 *ɡʷeːn
鉉 *ɡʷeːn
炫 *ɡʷeːn
袨 *ɡʷeːn
衒 *ɡʷeːn
惤 *ɡʷreːŋ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鉉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡畎切
Baxter hwenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwenX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷenX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuenX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiwenX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiwenX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鉉
Reading # 1/1
No. 14036
Phonetic
component 		玄
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		泫
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

鉉

  1. a device for carrying a ding cauldron
  2. a surname

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “铉”, 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

鉉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: つる (tsuru)

Korean

Hanja

鉉 (eumhun 솥귀 현 (sotgwi hyeon))

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