峴

See also: 岘

峴	U+5CF4, 峴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CF4

← 峳
[U+5CF3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

峵 →
[U+5CF5]

Translingual

Han character

峴 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山月山山 (UBUU), four-corner 2671₀, composition ⿰山見)

steep hill
mountain in Hubei province

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 312, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8106
Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 12
Unihan data for U+5CF4

Chinese

trad.		峴
simp.		岘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
涀	ɡeːlʔ, kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	ŋl'eːns, ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	keːnʔ, ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	keːns, ɡeːns
俔	kʰeːns, ɡeːnʔ
蜆	kʰeːns, qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	ŋɡeːn, ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡeːnʔ): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàn (xian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
  - Yale: syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jin⁶
  - Yale: yihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²²/

Middle Chinese: henX

Rime
Character	峴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡典切
Baxter	henX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn^X/
Li Rong	/ɣen^X/
Wang Li	/ɣien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峴
Reading #	1/1
No.	6199
Phonetic component	見
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

峴

used in the name of Mount Xian (south of Xiangyang)

Compounds

古峴鎮 / 古岘镇
峴山 / 岘山 (Xiànshān)
峴山碑 / 岘山碑
峴港 / 岘港 (Xiàngǎng)

Japanese

Kanji

峴

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: けん (ken)、げん (gen)
Kan-on: けん (ken)
Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 峴しい)

Korean

Hanja

峴 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

峴: Hán Nôm readings: nghiễn, hiện

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