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device

HSK 10
xuàn
ケン
つ.る
Components
Traditional (鉉)
kangxi+ mysterious =
device
Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
metal
Phonetic component
xuán mysterious
deep, profound, abstruse
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Simplified (铉)
metal 🇨🇳+ mysterious =
device for carrying a tripod
Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
metal
Phonetic component
xuán mysterious
deep, profound, abstruse
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [xuàn]
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron; commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
Japanese
つる 同音

noun

  1. bowstring
  2. string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
  3. bail (arched pot handle) (esp. 鉉)
  4. diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu (also written as 梁)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
げん
Gen unclassified name