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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

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
和絃 / 和弦
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

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/

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	/hwen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛn^H/
Li Rong	/xuen^H/
Wang Li	/xiwen^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwen^H/
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

alternative form of 絢 / 绚 (xuàn)

Japanese

Kanji

絃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

絃 (eumhun 줄 현 (jul hyeon))

hanja form^? of 현 (“line, string”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絃: Hán Việt readings: huyền

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