# 炫

| 炫 | U+70AB, &#28843; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AB |
| ← 炪 [U+70AA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 炬 → [U+70AC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

炫 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火卜女戈 (FYVI), four-corner 9083$_2$, composition ⿰火玄)

#### Derived characters

* 𥰌

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18948
* Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2197, character 1
* Unihan data for U+70AB

## 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 |

### Etymology

Related to 熒 (OC *ɡʷeːŋ) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^6$ / jyun$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng$^5$ / hyeng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiân / hiān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang$^5$ / hiêng$^5$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^6$ / jyun$^4$
*** Yale: yuhn / yùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^6$ / jyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^6$ / yun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²²/, /jyːn²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyøŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân / hiān
*** Tâi-lô: hiân / hiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hieen, hien
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³/, /hiɛn²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴/, /hiɛn³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³/, /hiɛn³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hiang$^5$ / hiêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng / hiêng
*** Sinological IPA : /hiaŋ⁵⁵/, /hieŋ⁵⁵/
* hiang5 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
* hiêng5 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: hwenH
Rime :
| Character | 炫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 黃練切 |
| Baxter | hwenH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwen$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷen$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuen$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwen$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiwen$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14038 |
| Phonetic component | 玄 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːn/ |

### Definitions

炫
* to show off; to boast
* to shine; to dazzle
* to puzzle

### Compounds

* 傾炫／倾炫
* 炫伐
* 炫冶
* 炫博
* 炫名
* 炫奇
* 炫奇會／炫奇会
* 炫妝／炫妆
* 炫學／炫学
* 炫巧
* 炫巧鬥妍／炫巧斗妍
* 炫异
* 炫弄
* 炫彩
* 炫惑
* 炫晃
* 炫晝縞夜／炫昼缟夜
* 炫曜
* 炫服
* 炫沄
* 炫炫
* 炫然
* 炫煌
* 炫熀
* 炫熿
* 炫燿／炫耀
* 炫玉賈石／炫玉贾石
* 炫異／炫异
* 炫異爭奇／炫异争奇
* 炫目
* 炫示 (xuànshì)
* 炫視／炫视
* 炫紅／炫红
* 炫罔
* 炫美
* 炫耀 (xuànyào)
* 炫色
* 炫裝／炫装
* 炫赫
* 炫轉／炫转
* 炫辭／炫辞
* 炫金
* 炫露
* 炫飾／炫饰
* 炫鬻
* 炫麗／炫丽 (xuànlì)
* 矜炫
* 耀炫
* 自炫
* 誇炫／夸炫
* 變炫無窮／变炫无穷
* 赫炫
* 逞炫
* 震炫
* 駭炫／骇炫

### References

* “炫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “炫”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* shine
* glitter
* show off
* flaunt

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kun: かがやく (kagayaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

炫 (eum 현 (hyeon))
* shine
* glitter
* show off
* flaunt

## Vietnamese
### Han character

炫: Hán Việt readings: huyễn
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