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㬎

xiǎn

visible, bright

Depicts threads of silk (𢇁) visible underneath the sun (日). 𢇁 also represents the sound.

Components
日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

𢇁 sound,iconic component

𢇁  Sound Iconic component

guān

  

run threads through a web

Depicts two twisted threads of silk.

Evolution

㬎 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
㬎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㬎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

㬎  

xiǎn

(an ancient form of 顯) motes in a sunbeam, bright, fibrous, to manifest; to display, to be illustrious, evident, to seem; to appear, cocoons; chrysalis, will not have a pleasant conversation; old variant of 顯|显[xiǎn]; visible; apparent

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

顯

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

顯 濕 隰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰˤenʔ

xenX

xiǎn

display, manifest


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+3B0E

Shuowen

“，眾微杪也。从日中視絲，古文以為顯字。或曰眾口皃。讀若唫唫。或以為繭。繭者，絮中往往有小繭也。”


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