泫

泫 (radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜女戈 (EYVI), four-corner 3013₂, composition ⿰氵玄)

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine, glisten

• KangXi: page 618, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17319
• Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1593, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6CEB

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.

泫

1. ^† (of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
2. ^† to cry; to shed tears
3. ^† (of dew) glimmering; glistening
4. ^† dew

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine
4. glisten

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: ながれる (nagareru)

泫 (eum 현 (hyeon))

1. weep
2. cry
3. shine
4. glisten

泫: Hán Nôm readings: huyên

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