See also:
U+61F8, 懸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61F8

[U+61F7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+61F9]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 61, +16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 62339, composition)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 408, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2368, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+61F8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns
*ɡʷeːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷeːn) : phonetic  (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic  (heart) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).

Pronunciation 1

trad.
simp.

Note:
  • hèng - vernacular;
  • hièng - literary.
Note:
  • hiân - literary;
  • soân - vernacular (俗).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛn/
Li
Rong
/ɣuen/
Wang
Li
/ɣiwen/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuán
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwen ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-kʷˁe[n]/ (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n] to account for Mǐn)
English suspend

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13577
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to hang; to suspend; to hoist
  2. to be hung
  3. to announce
  4. to feel anxious
  5. to imagine
  6. to raise
  7. unsettled; unresolved
  8. (colloquial) dangerous
  9. far apart
  10. A surname.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

trad.
simp.
variant forms

Note: vernacular.
Note: vernacular.
Note: vernacular.

Definitions

  1. (Min) tall; high
  2. (Min Nan) of high level; above average
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“tall; high”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan ,
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang ,
Hakka Meixian
Changting
Wuping
Liancheng
Ninghua
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Fuqing
Matsu
Min Nan Xiamen ,
Quanzhou ,
Zhangzhou ,
Taipei ,
Kaohsiung ,
Tainan ,
Taichung
Hsinchu
Lukang ,
Sanxia ,
Yilan ,
Kinmen
Magong
Penang
Singapore
Chaozhou
Shantou
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Wu Suzhou ,
Wenzhou ,
Xiang Changsha ,
Shuangfeng ,
Note † - of a person's height

Compounds

References


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. suspend

Readings


Korean

Hanja

• (hyeon)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): (revised: hyeon, McCuneReischauer: hyŏn, Yale: hyen)
    • Name (hangeul): 매달 현
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Vietnamese

Han character

(huyền)

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