顯

See also: 显 and 顕

顯	U+986F, 顯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986F

← 顮
[U+986E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

顰 →
[U+9870]

Translingual

Traditional	顯
Shinjitai	顕
Simplified	显

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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian³
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hién / hián
Eastern Min (BUC): hiēng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hiáⁿ / hián

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² / hiêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³
  - Yale: syǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xian³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin²
  - Yale: hín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hién
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hián
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯an³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hiēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hián
  - Tâi-lô: hián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiern
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiɛn⁵³/

Note:

hiáⁿ - vernacular;
hián - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hiang² / hiêng²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng / hiéng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²/, /hieŋ⁵²/

Note:

hiang2 - Shantou;
hiêng2 - Chaozhou.

Middle Chinese: xenX

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	/hen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛn^X/
Li Rong	/xen^X/
Wang Li	/xien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤenʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ xen^X ›
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. [t] 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

prominent; conspicuous; visible
顯赫／显赫 ― xiǎnhè ― prominent; distinguished
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
(prefix) phanero-
顯生宙／显生宙 ― xiǎnshēngzhòu ― phanerozoic
(honorific) an honorific for deceased immediate family members
(Wenzhounese) very

Synonyms

(very):

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Jilu Mandarin	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
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
	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
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
Xiang	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

Go-on: けん (ken)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
On: げん (gen)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 顯らか)、あらわれる (arawareru, 顯れる)、あらわす (arawasu, 顯す)

Korean

Hanja

顯 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현)

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Vietnamese

Han character

顯: Hán Nôm readings: hiển

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Translingual

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References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Japanese

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