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铉

xuàn

Character Traditional 鉉

What 铉 means

1. stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron
2. commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"

Words containing 铉

• 卢武铉Lú Wǔ xuànRoh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008
• 徐铉Xú XuànXu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字注

Characters built on 玄

These share the phonetic component 玄 (xuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 炫xuànto dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 眩xuàn(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 泫xuànweep

Characters that look like 铉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 银yínsilver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 铭míngto engrave; inscribed motto
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names

Sounds the same

Read xuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炫to dazzle; to boast; to show off
• 旋to whirl; immediately; variant of 镟
• 眩(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 楦(wooden) shoe last; variant of 楦
• 镟to shape on a lathe; to peel with a knife; to turn in (a screw)
• 渲wash (color)
• 绚adorned; swift; gorgeous
• 泫weep
• 昡long day; extended; relaxed
• 眴dazzled; dizzy
• 蔙(herb)
• 鞙fine