xuàn

device for carrying a tripod

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

metal

玄 sound component

  Sound component

xuán

  

deep

Evolution

鉉 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鉉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鉉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鉉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xuàn

device for carrying a tripod; 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"

Most common words with 鉉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卢武铉

Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008

commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"

徐铉

Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註|说文解字注[Shuō​wén​Jiě​zì​Zhù]