懸 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xuán

hang

Pride 心 in one's country 縣, expressed by a flag; 縣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

xiàn

county

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xuán

hang, suspend, hoist; be hung; to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation

Most common words with 懸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
N-kʷˤe[n] (error in B&S 2014, should be Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n] to account for Mǐn)	hwen	xuán	suspend

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 10.5238% of movies

2023rd most common character in movies

1879th most common character in books

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