玄

玄 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜女戈 (YVI), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿱亠幺)

1. Kangxi radical #95, ⽞.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/玄
• 伭, 呟, 𡊨, 妶, 𪨬, 𢂄, 弦, 怰, 𢫔, 泫, 㹡, 𨸫, 𣃡, 昡, 𣐙, 𪵚, 炫, 玹, 胘, 𥙆, 眩, 𥎸, 𪿖, 𮃀, 袨, 絃, 𦍫, 舷, 蚿, 𧣙, 詃(𬣤), 䝮, 𧺻, 鉉(铉), 䩙, 𩗁, 䮄(𫠊), 𩨬, 鮌, 𪐷, 𪗰
• 𠛑, 𠡆, 𮟴, 𩑹, 䲻, 𠅋, 畜, 𦬾, 𣆂, 䍗, 𠣖, 痃, 衒, 牽, 𨴋, 𡇎

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 725, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20814
• Dae Jaweon: page 1134, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 280, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7384

Unknown. The oldest basic color term for "black" which was later replaced by 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).

玄

1. deep; profound; mysterious
2. black; reddish black

   • 七月鳴鵙、八月載績。載玄載黃、我朱孔陽、為公子裳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     七月鸣𱉐、八月载绩。载玄载黄、我朱孔阳、为公子裳。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on Bernhard Karlgren's version

     Qīyuè míng jú, bāyuè zǎi jì. Zǎi xuán zǎi huáng, wǒ zhū kǒng yáng, wèi gōngzǐ shang. [Pinyin]

     In the seventh month there is the crying shrike; in the eighth month we spin, both black and yellow; our red-dye is very bright; we make skirts for the young noblemen.

3. sky

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. mysterious
2. occultness

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: くろ (kuro, 玄); くろい (kuroi, 玄い)

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

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玄: Hán Nôm readings: huyền

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