현

Sino-Korean word from 弦/絃 (“string”).

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현 • (hyeon) (hanja 弦/絃)

1. string on a musical instrument

   Synonym: 스트링 (seuteuring)

2. bowstring

   Synonym: 활시위 (hwalsiwi)

3. (mathematics) chord
4. (geometry) hypotenuse

• According to the Standard Korean Language Dictionary, the hanja 絃 with the "silk" radical should be used for the musical senses, and 弦 with the "bow" radical should be used for the other senses.

• See the hanja entry at 弦 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (弦, hyeon).
• See the hanja entry at 絃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (絃, hyeon).

Sino-Korean word from 現 (“current; present; manifest”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

현 • (hyeon)

1. current; present

   현 정권 ― hyeon jeonggwon ― the current administration

• See the hanja entry at 現 for Sino-Korean compounds of 현 (現, hyeon).

Sino-Korean word from 縣 (“county; prefecture”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

현 • (hyeon) (hanja 縣)

1. prefecture, county; traditionally the smallest administrative division in East Asia. It is translated as "prefecture" in contemporary Japan, "county" in contemporary China and Taiwan, and "district" in Vietnam. The hyeon was abolished in Korea in 1894.

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

현 (hyeon)