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現

現

See also: 现

Translingual

Han character

現 (radical 96 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土月山山 (MGBUU), four-corner 16110, composition ⿰𤣩見)

References

  • KangXi: page 732, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21004
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1143, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1116, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+73FE

Chinese

trad. 現
simp. 现

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, OC *ɡeːns) : semantic 玉 ‎(“jewel”) + phonetic 見 ‎(OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Etymology

Endopassive of 見 (OC *keːns).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 現
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣenH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 現
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ henH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-[k]ˤen-s/
English appear

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 現
Reading # 1/1
No. 6207
Phonetic
component		 見
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 見
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːns/
Notes 俗同見

Definitions

現

  1. present; current
  2. to appear; to manifest; to become visible
  3. now

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

現

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. present
  2. existing

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

現 • ‎(hyeon) (hangeul 현)

  1. current, present, existing
  2. appear

compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

現 (hiện, hẹn, kén)

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