Wiktionary

弦

See also: 絃
弦 U+5F26, 弦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F26
← 弥
[U+5F25] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弧 →
[U+5F27]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

弦 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓卜女戈 (NYVI), four-corner 10232, composition ⿰弓玄)

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 357, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9754
  • Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 993, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5F26

ChineseEdit

trad. 弦/絃*
simp. 弦
alternative forms ⿰弓𤣥
𢎺
𢏸

Glyph originEdit

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, OC *ɡeːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

PronunciationEdit

Note: jyun4 - variant.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 弦
Mandarin Beijing /ɕian³⁵/
Harbin /ɕian²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕian⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕiã⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕyã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕyan⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiã²⁴/
Xining /ɕiã²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕian⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n⁵³/ 彈～子
/ɕyɛ̃n⁵³/ 續～
Ürümqi /ɕian⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕyan³¹/
Guiyang /ɕian²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃³¹/
Nanjing /ɕyen²⁴/
Hefei /ɕyĩ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕye¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕye̞¹³/
Hohhot /ɕye³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦi²³/
Suzhou /ɦiɪ¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦiẽ̞²¹³/
Wenzhou /ji³¹/
Hui Shexian /ɕye⁴⁴/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ɕiẽ¹³/
Xiangtan /ɕiẽ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ɕyɵn⁴⁵/ 三～
Hakka Meixian /hian¹¹/
Taoyuan /hien¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jin²¹/
Nanning /jin²¹/
Hong Kong /jyn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hian³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hieŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xyiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hĩ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hin³¹/
/i³¹/
Rime
Character 弦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡田切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣen/
Wang
Li 		/ɣien/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弦
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xián
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ]ˁi[n]/
English string of bow or instrument

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 弦
Reading # 1/1
No. 14020
Phonetic
component 		玄
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		賢
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡeːn/

DefinitionsEdit

弦

  1. string; bowstring
  2. crescent
  3. spring of a clock
  4. (music) string on a musical instrument
  5. (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
  6. (mathematics) chord
  7. (geometry) hypotenuse
  8. (figuratively) wife
  9. a surname.

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 弦

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

弦

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bowstring
  2. (geometry) chord

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

弦 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

  1. bowstring

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

弦: Hán Nôm readings: huyền

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