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顯

顯

See also: 显 and 顕

Translingual

Traditional 顯
Shinjitai 顕
Simplified 显

Han character

顯 (radical 181 頁+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 日火一月金 (AFMBC), four-corner 61386, composition ⿰㬎頁)

  1. manifest, display
  2. evident, clear

References

  • KangXi: page 1410, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43726
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4395, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+986F

Chinese

trad. 顯
simp. 显

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (顯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
顯 *hŋeːnʔ
韅 *hŋeːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋeːnʔ) : 㬎 + 頁 ‎(“head”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 顯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 呼典切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /henX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /henX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɛnX/
Li
Rong		 /xenX/
Wang
Li		 /xienX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 顯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰˤenʔ/
English display, manifest

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 顯
Reading # 1/1
No. 13537
Phonetic
component		 顯
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 顯
Old
Chinese		 /*hŋeːnʔ/

Definitions

顯

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

顯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 顕)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

顯 • ‎(hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

顯 (hiển)

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