Wiktionary

懸

See also: 悬
懸 U+61F8, 懸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61F8
← 懷
[U+61F7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 懹 →
[U+61F9]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

懸 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 62339, composition ⿱縣心)

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 408, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+61F8

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (縣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縣 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns
懸 *ɡʷeːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷeːn): phonetic 縣 (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).

Pronunciation 1Edit

trad. 懸
simp. 悬

Note:
  • hèng - vernacular;
  • hièng - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • hiân - literary;
    • soân - vernacular (俗).
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 懸
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
    Final (韻) 先 (86)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 胡涓切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɦwen/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɦʷen/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɣuɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ɦwɛn/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɣuen/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɣiwen/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ɣiwen/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xuán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jyun4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 懸
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xuán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ hwen ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-kʷˁe[n]/ (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n] to account for Mǐn)
    English suspend

    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 懸
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13577
    Phonetic
    component         		縣
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		玄
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡʷeːn/
    Notes 俗同縣通用

    DefinitionsEdit

    懸

    1. to hang; to suspend
    2. to raise
    3. to feel anxious
    4. (literary, or in compounds) to announce
      懸賞／悬赏  ―  xuánshǎng  ―  to offer a reward
    5. (literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
      懸想／悬想  ―  xuánxiǎng  ―  to imagine
    6. to be unsettled; to be unresolved
    7. (colloquial) dangerous
      甲：「考試考得怎麼樣呢？」
      乙：「懸。」       [MSC, trad.]
      甲：“考试考得怎么样呢？”
      乙：“悬。”       [MSC, simp.]
      Jiǎ: “Kǎoshì kǎo de zěnmeyàng ne?”
      Yǐ: “Xuán.”       [Pinyin]
      A: How did you do on your test?
      B: Dangerous. (meaning: I might have failed but I might have passed.)
    8. far apart
    9. a surname
    SynonymsEdit
    • (to announce):
    Synonyms of 懸
    • (to feel anxious):
    Synonyms of 懸
    • (to imagine):
    Synonyms of 懸

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 懸

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    trad. 懸
    simp. 悬
    alternative forms 高
    峘
    危 Teochew

    Note: vernacular.
    Note: vernacular.
    Note:
    • vernacular;
    • guain5 - Chaoyang.

    DefinitionsEdit

    懸

    1. (Min) tall; high
    2. (Min Nan) of high level; above average
    SynonymsEdit
    Dialectal synonyms of 高 (“tall; high”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高
    Mandarin Beijing 高
    Taiwan 高
    Jinan 高
    Xi'an 高
    Wuhan 高, 長 †
    Chengdu 高
    Yangzhou 高
    Hefei 高
    Malaysia 高
    Singapore 高
    Cantonese Guangzhou 高
    Hong Kong 高
    Taishan 高
    Yangjiang 高
    Singapore (Guangfu) 高
    Gan Nanchang 高, 猛 †
    Hakka Meixian 高
    Changting 高
    Wuping 高
    Liancheng 高
    Ninghua 高
    Jin Taiyuan 高
    Min Bei Jian'ou 高
    Min Dong Fuzhou 懸
    Changle 懸
    Fuqing 懸
    Pingtan 懸
    Yongtai 懸
    Gutian 懸
    Fu'an 懸
    Ningde 懸
    Shouning 懸
    Zhouning 懸
    Matsu 懸
    Min Nan Xiamen 懸, 躼 †
    Quanzhou 懸, 躼 †
    Zhangzhou 懸, 躼 †
    Zhao'an 懸
    Taipei 懸, 躼 †
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 懸, 躼 †
    Kaohsiung 懸, 躼 †
    Yilan 懸, 躼 †
    Changhua (Lukang) 懸, 躼 †
    Taichung 懸
    Tainan 懸, 躼 †
    Hsinchu 懸
    Kinmen 懸
    Penghu (Magong) 懸
    Penang (Hokkien) 懸
    Singapore (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
    Manila (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
    Chaozhou 懸
    Shantou 懸
    Singapore (Teochew) 懸
    Wenchang 懸
    Qionghai 懸
    Singapore (Hainanese) 懸
    Puxian Min Putian 懸
    Xianyou 懸
    Wu Suzhou 高, 長 †
    Wenzhou 高, 長 †
    Xiang Changsha 高, 上
    Shuangfeng 高, 長 †
    Note † - of a person's height

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 懸

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    懸

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. suspend

    ReadingsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    懸, eumhun 매달 현 (maedal hyeon)

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    懸: Hán Nôm readings: huyền

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