絃

See also: 弦

絃 U+7D43, 絃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D43 ← 終 [U+7D42] CJK Unified Ideographs 組 → [U+7D44]

Translingual

Han character

絃 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女戈 (VFYVI), four-corner 2093₂, composition ⿰糹玄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27373
• Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3385, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7D43

Chinese

trad.		絃
simp.		弦

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xián (xian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sián
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²
    • Yale: syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hen

Rime
Character	絃
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡田切
Baxter	hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn/
Li Rong	/ɣen/
Wang Li	/ɣien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絃
Reading #	1/2
No.	14021
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	賢
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːn/
Notes	俗弦字

Definitions

絃

1. Alternative form of 弦 (“string on a musical instrument”)

Compounds

• 么絃
• 二絃／二弦 (èrxián)
• 伯牙絕絃／伯牙绝弦
• 冰絃／冰弦 (bīngxián)
• 南絃／南弦
• 弩箭離絃／弩箭离弦
• 徽絃／徽弦
• 急管繁絃／急管繁弦
• 急絃／急弦
• 春誦夏絃／春诵夏弦
• 朝歌夜絃／朝歌夜弦
• 朝歌暮絃／朝歌暮弦
• 朱絃／朱弦
• 破琴絕絃／破琴绝弦
• 絃仔／弦仔
• 絃歌／弦歌 (xiángē)
• 絃管／弦管
• 絃索／弦索
• 絲竹管絃／丝竹管弦
• 絲絃／丝弦 (sīxián)
• 絕絃／绝弦
• 續絃／续弦 (xùxián)
• 調絃品竹／调弦品竹
• 調絃弄管／调弦弄管
• 錦絃／锦弦

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: xwenH

Rime
Character	絃
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	許縣切
Baxter	xwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛnH/
Li Rong	/xuenH/
Wang Li	/xiwenH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絃
Reading #	2/2
No.	14028
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絢
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷeːn/
Notes	同絢

Definitions

絃

1. Alternative form of 絢／绚 (xuàn)

Japanese

Kanji

絃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: いと (ito)

Korean

Hanja

絃 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絃: Hán Việt readings: huyền

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