玄
black; mysterious
5 strokes
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How 玄 is formed
How to remember it
mysterious · Heisig RSH #2411
top hat + cocoon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 玄 as their sound component
These characters all use 玄 (xuán) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玄 sound component | xuán | deep, profound, abstruse |
| 弦 | xián | bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse |
| 畜 | chù | livestock, domestic animals |
| 眩 | xuàn | to confuse; dazed, disoriented |
| 炫 | xuàn | to glitter, to shine; to show off, to flaunt |
| 舷 | xián | bulwarks, gunwhale |
| 铉 | xuàn | a device for carrying a tripod |
| 泫 | xuàn | to weep, to cry; to shine, to glisten |
Words containing 玄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天地玄黄 | tiān dì xuán huáng | first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2] |
| 玄武门之变 | Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn | Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, se… |
| 玄武区 | Xuán wǔ Qū | Xuanwu, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu |
| 九天玄女 | Jiǔ tiān Xuán nǚ | Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology |
| 玄学 | xuán xué | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of … |
| 玄机 | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles |
| 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | (geology) basalt |
| 玄米茶 | xuán mǐ chá | genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice |
| 玄理 | xuán lǐ | profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect |
| 玄石 | xuán shí | (literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele; old na… |
| 玄色 | xuán sè | black (without gloss); black with a hint of red in it |
| 白顶玄鸥 | bái dǐng xuán ōu | (bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus) |
| 玄关 | xuán guān | entrance hall; vestibule |
| 玄青 | xuán qīng | deep black |
| 故弄玄虚 | gù nòng xuán xū | deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated |
| 玄武 | Xuán wǔ | Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky |
| 玄武质熔岩 | xuán wǔ zhì róng yán | basalt; also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2] |
| 玄远 | xuán yuǎn | profound; abstruse mystery |
| 白玄鸥 | bái xuán ōu | (bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba) |
| 唐玄宗 | Táng Xuán zōng | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2… |