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炫	U+70AB, 炫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AB

← 炪
[U+70AA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

炬 →
[U+70AC]

Translingual

Han character

炫 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火卜女戈 (FYVI), four-corner 9083₂, composition ⿰火玄)

Derived characters

𥰌

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18948
Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2197, character 1
Unihan data for U+70AB

Chinese

trad.		炫
simp. ^#		炫
alternative forms		眩衒

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

Etymology

Related to 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ / jyun⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng⁵ / hyeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiân / hiān

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵ / hiêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
  - Yale: sywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
  - Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyun⁶ / jyun⁴
  - Yale: yuhn / yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ / jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ / yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/, /jyːn²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœŋ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân / hiān
  - Tâi-lô: hiân / hiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hieen, hien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/, /hiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/, /hiɛn³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang⁵ / hiêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng / hiêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

hiang5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
hiêng5 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: hwenH

Rime
Character	炫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	黃練切
Baxter	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuen^H/
Wang Li	/ɣiwen^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwen^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14038
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

炫

to show off; to boast
to shine; to dazzle
to puzzle

Compounds

References

“炫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “炫”, 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 炫

炫

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)、げん (gen)
Kun: かがやく (kagayaku)

Korean

Hanja

炫 (eum 현 (hyeon))

Vietnamese

Han character

炫: Hán Việt readings: huyễn

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