顯

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See also: 显 and 顕
顯 U+986F, 顯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986F
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顰 →

Translingual

Traditional 顯
Shinjitai 顕
Simplified 显

Han character

顯 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 日火一月金 (AFMBC), four-corner 61386, composition ⿰㬎頁)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43726
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4395, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+986F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顯
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (顯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
顯 *hŋeːnʔ
韅 *hŋeːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 日 (“sun”) + 絲 (“silk”) + 頁 (“person's head”).

Etymology 1

trad. 顯
simp. 显*
alternative forms 㬎 ancient form
𣊡 ancient form
𩔰
㫫
顕

Pronunciation

Note:
  • hiáⁿ - vernacular;
  • hián - literary.
Note:
  • hiang2 - Shantou;
  • hiêng2 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 顯
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 呼典切
    Baxter xenX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/henX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/henX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/xɛnX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/hɛnX/
    Li
    Rong         		/xenX/
    Wang
    Li         		/xienX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/xienX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xiǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		hin2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 顯
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xiǎn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ xenX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*qʰˁenʔ/
    English display, manifest

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 顯
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13537
    Phonetic
    component         		顯
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		顯
    Old
    Chinese         		/*hŋeːnʔ/

    Definitions

    顯

    顯考志昂鄧公府君...同合墓 (Meaning 4).
    1. prominent; conspicuous; visible
      顯赫／显赫  ―  xiǎnhè  ―  prominent; distinguished
    2. to appear; to manifest; to display
      顯現／显现  ―  xiǎnxiàn  ―  to display; to show; to reveal
      顯瘦／显瘦  ―  xiǎnshòu  ―  to make one appear slimmer
      長得顯老／长得显老  ―  zhǎng de xiǎnlǎo  ―  to look old
    3. (prefix) phanero-
      顯生宙／显生宙  ―  xiǎnshēngzhòu  ―  phanerozoic
    4. (honorific) an honorific for deceased immediate family members
    5. (Wenzhounese) very
    Synonyms
    • (very):
    Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
    Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
    Malaysia 很
    Singapore 很, 蠻, 非常
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
    Jinan 挺, 楞
    Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 很
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 很, 好
    Chongqing 很
    Wuhan 蠻, 很
    Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
    Hefei 很
    Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
    Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
    Taishan 好, 十分之
    Yangjiang 好
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
    Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
    Gan Nanchang 蠻
    Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
    Huidong (Daling) 好
    Wuhua (Meilin) 好
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
    Changting 野
    Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
    Liancheng 樣
    Ninghua 好
    Ruijin 蠻
    Shicheng 蠻
    Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
    Hong Kong 好
    Sabah (Bao'an) 好
    Kuching (Hepo) 很
    Singapore (Dabu) 好
    Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
    Northern Min Jian'ou 盡
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 野, 真
    Singapore (Fuqing) 真
    Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
    Southern Min Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
    Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
    Jinjiang 野, 萬代
    Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
    Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
    Dongshan 真, 非常
    Taipei 真, 誠
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
    Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
    Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
    Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
    Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
    Hsinchu 真, 誠
    Kinmen 足, 誠
    Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
    Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
    Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
    Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
    Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
    Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
    Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
    Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
    Bangkok (Teochew) 好
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
    Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
    Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
    Haikou 但顧
    Qionghai 但顧, 真
    Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
    Puxian Min Putian 全成
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 好, 蠻
    Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
    Suzhou 蠻, 窮
    Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
    Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
    Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
    Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
    Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
    Shuangfeng 蠻

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 顯 – see 搟 (“to shake; to rock; to sway; to tip over and tumble down”).
    (This character is a variant form of 搟).

    Japanese

    Shinjitai

    		顕

    Kyūjitai

    		顯

    Kanji

    顯

    (Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 顕)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    顯 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    顯: Hán Nôm readings: hiển

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