玄 (jyun4 | xuan2) : Kangxi radical 95 (profound)

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玄

jyun4

xuan2

[1] far and obscure; occult; mystic
[2] black with some red; dark
[3] deep and profound; abstruse and subtle
[4] silent and meditative
[5] pretending
[6] a Chinese family name
[7] Kangxi radical 95 (profound)

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 玄 (#95)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

玄

This word has been viewed 6635 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 28th Mar 2007 22:01 and last edited on 29th Dec 2009 23:07

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故弄玄虛 gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1 gu4 nung4 xuan2 xu1 = make things more complicated and mysterious than they are

玄之又玄 jyun4 zi1 jau6 jyun4 xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2 = the most mysterious of the mysterious

玄狐 jyun4 wu4 xuan2 hu2 = silver or black fox

玄妙 jyun4 miu6 xuan2 miao4 = esoteric; mysterious

玄武 jyun4 mou5 xuan2 wu3 = Black Tortoise

玄米茶 jyun4 mai5 caa4 xuan2 mi3 cha2 = Genmaicha, brown rice tea

玄機 jyun4 gei1 xuan2 ji1 = 1. profound theories 2. mysteries pertaining to life and the universe

玄奘 jyun4 zong6 xuan2 zang4 = Hsuan Tsang

玄武岩 jyun4 mou5 ngaam4 xuan2 wu3 yan2 = basalt

圓玄學院 jyun4 jyun4*2 hok6 jyun6*2 yuan2 xuan2 xue2 yuan4 = The Yuen Yuen Institute
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 10 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 玄
Unicode code for this character: U+7384 (off-site link)

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