炫

炫 U+70AB, 炫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AB ← 炪 [U+70AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 炬 → [U+70AC]

Translingual

Han character

炫 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火卜女戈 (FYVI), four-corner 9083₂, composition ⿰火玄)

1. show off, boast
2. to shine, dazzle
3. to puzzle
4. bravery

Derived characters

• 𥰌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18948
• Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2197, character 1
• Unihan data for U+70AB

Chinese

trad.		炫
simp. #		炫
alternative forms		眩 衒

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Related to 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ / jyun⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiân / hiān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵ / hiêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴
    • Yale: sywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
    • Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶ / jyun⁴
    • Yale: yuhn / yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ / jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ / yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/, /jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân / hiān
    • Tâi-lô: hiân / hiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hieen, hien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/, /hiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/, /hiɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang⁵ / hiêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng / hiêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hieŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• hiang5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
• hiêng5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: hwenH

Rime
Character	炫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	黃練切
Baxter	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛnH/
Li Rong	/ɣuenH/
Wang Li	/ɣiwenH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14038
Phonetic component	玄
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	泫
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

炫

1. to show off; to boast
2. to shine; to dazzle
3. to puzzle
4. bravery

Compounds

• 傾炫／倾炫
• 炫伐
• 炫冶
• 炫博
• 炫名
• 炫奇
• 炫奇會／炫奇会
• 炫妝／炫妆
• 炫學／炫学
• 炫巧
• 炫巧鬥妍／炫巧斗妍
• 炫异
• 炫弄
• 炫彩
• 炫惑
• 炫晃
• 炫晝縞夜／炫昼缟夜
• 炫曜
• 炫服
• 炫沄
• 炫炫
• 炫然
• 炫煌
• 炫熀
• 炫熿
• 炫燿／炫耀
• 炫玉賈石／炫玉贾石
• 炫異／炫异
• 炫異爭奇／炫异争奇
• 炫目
• 炫示 (xuànshì)
• 炫視／炫视
• 炫紅／炫红
• 炫罔
• 炫美
• 炫耀 (xuànyào)
• 炫色
• 炫裝／炫装
• 炫赫
• 炫轉／炫转
• 炫辭／炫辞
• 炫金
• 炫露
• 炫飾／炫饰
• 炫鬻
• 炫麗／炫丽 (xuànlì)
• 矜炫
• 耀炫
• 自炫
• 誇炫／夸炫
• 變炫無窮／变炫无穷
• 赫炫
• 逞炫
• 震炫
• 駭炫／骇炫

 

References

• “炫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

炫

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. shine
2. glitter
3. show off
4. flaunt

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken); げん (gen)
• Kun: かがやく (kagayaku)

Korean

Hanja

炫 (eum 현 (hyeon))

1. shine
2. glitter
3. show off
4. flaunt

Vietnamese

Han character

炫: Hán Việt readings: huyễn

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