# 絃

| 絃 | U+7D43, &#32067; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D43 |
| ← 終 [U+7D42] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 組 → [U+7D44] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絃 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜女戈 (VFYVI), four-corner 2093$_2$, composition ⿰糹玄)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27373
* Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3385, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7D43

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 弦 | *ɡeːn |
| 絃 | *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn |
| 舷 | *ɡeːn |
| 痃 | *ɡeːn |
| 胘 | *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 蚿 | *ɡeːn |
| 伭 | *ɡeːn |
| 婱 | *ɡeːn |
| 玄 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 眩 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玹 | *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn |
| 玆 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 詃 | *kʷeːn |
| 泫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 鉉 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 炫 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 袨 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 衒 | *ɡʷeːn |
| 惤 | *ɡʷreːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xián (xian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xián
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sián
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^2$
*** Yale: syán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^4$
*** Yale: yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: hen
Rime :
| Character | 絃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡田切 |
| Baxter | hen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣen/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14021 |
| Phonetic component | 玄 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 賢 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡeːn/ |
| Notes | 俗弦字 |

#### Definitions

絃
* Alternative form of 弦 (“string on a musical instrument”)

#### Compounds

* 么絃
* 二絃／二弦 (èrxián)
* 伯牙絕絃／伯牙绝弦
* 冰絃／冰弦 (bīngxián)
* 南絃／南弦
* 弩箭離絃／弩箭离弦
* 徽絃／徽弦
* 急管繁絃／急管繁弦
* 急絃／急弦
* 春誦夏絃／春诵夏弦
* 朝歌夜絃／朝歌夜弦
* 朝歌暮絃／朝歌暮弦
* 朱絃／朱弦
* 破琴絕絃／破琴绝弦
* 絃仔／弦仔
* 絃歌／弦歌 (xiángē)
* 絃管／弦管
* 絃索／弦索
* 絲竹管絃／丝竹管弦
* 絲絃／丝弦 (sīxián)
* 絕絃／绝弦
* 續絃／续弦 (xùxián)
* 調絃品竹／调弦品竹
* 調絃弄管／调弦弄管
* 錦絃／锦弦

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuàn
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^4$
*** Yale: sywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuann
*** Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: xwenH
Rime :
| Character | 絃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 許縣切 |
| Baxter | xwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hwen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xuɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xuen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xiwen$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xiwen$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyun$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14028 |
| Phonetic component | 玄 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絢 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷeːn/ |
| Notes | 同絢 |

#### Definitions

絃
* Alternative form of 絢／绚 (xuàn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: げん (gen)
* Kan-on: けん (ken)
* Kun: いと (ito)

## Korean
### Hanja

絃 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

絃: Hán Việt readings: huyền
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