# 顯

| 顯 | U+986F, &#39023; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986F |
| ← 顮 [U+986E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 顰 → [U+9870] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 顯 |
| Shinjitai | 顕 |
| Simplified | 显 |

### Han character

顯 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 日火一月金 (AFMBC), four-corner 6138$_6$, composition ⿰㬎頁)

#### Derived characters

* 𡆘, 灦, 𣡲, 𩎌/𩎍, 𧖙

#### Descendants

* 顕 (In Japanese shinjitai)
* 显 (In simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43726
* Dae Jaweon: page 1929, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4395, character 6
* Unihan data for U+986F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顯 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 顯 | *hŋeːnʔ |
| 韅 | *hŋeːnʔ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 日 (“sun”) + 絲 (“silk”) + 頁 (“person's head”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hin$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hién / hián
    (Hailu, HRS): hien$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiēng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hieng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiáⁿ / hián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang$^2$ / hiêng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^3$
*** Yale: syǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
*** Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xian$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xian
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛn⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hin$^2$
*** Yale: hín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hién
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯en³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hián
*** Hakka Romanization System: hian$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯an³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hien²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiēng
*** Sinological IPA : /hieŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiɛŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiɛŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hiánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hviar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hián
*** Tâi-lô: hián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiern
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiɛn⁵³/
* hiáⁿ - vernacular;
* hián - literary.
* Middle Chinese: xenX
Rime :
| Character | 顯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 呼典切 |
| Baxter | xenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤenʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hŋeːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 顯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁenʔ/ |
| English | display, manifest |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 顯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13537 |
| Phonetic component | 顯 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 顯 |
| Old Chinese | /*hŋeːnʔ/ |

#### Definitions

顯
* prominent; conspicuous; visible
    顯赫／显赫 ― xiǎnhè ― prominent; distinguished
* to appear; to manifest; to display
    顯現／显现 ― xiǎnxiàn ― to display; to show; to reveal
    顯瘦／显瘦 ― xiǎnshòu ― to make one appear slimmer
    長得顯老／长得显老 ― zhǎng de xiǎnlǎo ― to look old
* (prefix) phanero-
    顯生宙／显生宙 ― xiǎnshēngzhòu ― phanerozoic
* (honorific) an honorific for deceased immediate family members
* (Wenzhounese) very

##### Synonyms

* (very):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 甚, 孔 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 很, 非常, 十分 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 很 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 很, 蠻, 非常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挺, 楞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 很, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 很 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠻, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠻, 稀, 很 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 很 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好, 非常之 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 好, 十分之 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 好 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 好 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 好, 非常之, 非常 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 好 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 好 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 好 |
| Hakka | Changting | 野 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 已, 刮 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 好 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蠻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蓋, 盡, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 盡, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 已, 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 足, 真, 實在 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 好 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 好 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 很 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 很, 挺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 盡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 野, 真 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 真 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 真 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 野 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 真, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 誠, 蓋, 足 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 足, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 真, 誠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 真, 誠, 真正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 過, 好, 非常, 死爸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 好, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 好, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 好 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 真, 死爸, 非常 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 極, 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 但顧 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 但顧, 真 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 但顧, 真 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 好, 蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蠻, 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠻, 蒙, 顯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 很, 蠻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠻 |

#### Compounds

* 丕顯 / 丕显 (pīxiǎn)
* 再顯神通 / 再显神通
* 凸顯 / 凸显 (tūxiǎn)
* 名顯 / 名显
* 各顯神通 / 各显神通 (gèxiǎnshéntōng)
* 大顯威風 / 大显威风
* 大顯神通 / 大显神通 (dàxiǎnshéntōng)
* 大顯身手 / 大显身手 (dàxiǎnshēnshǒu)
* 夫榮妻顯 / 夫荣妻显
* 尊顯 / 尊显
* 展顯 / 展显
* 幽顯異途 / 幽显异途
* 揚名顯姓 / 扬名显姓
* 揚名顯親 / 扬名显亲
* 明顯 / 明显 (míngxiǎn)
* 昭顯 / 昭显
* 楊顯之 / 杨显之
* 榮顯 / 荣显
* 標顯 / 标显
* 權貴顯要 / 权贵显要
* 比顯興隱 / 比显兴隐
* 法顯 / 法显
* 深入顯出 / 深入显出
* 淺顯 / 浅显 (qiǎnxiǎn)
* 清顯 / 清显
* 淺顯易懂 / 浅显易懂
* 湯顯祖 / 汤显祖
* 爭強顯勝 / 争强显胜
* 盡顯 / 尽显 (jìnxiǎn)
* 矜張顯著 / 矜张显着
* 破邪顯正 / 破邪显正
* 突顯 / 突显 (tūxiǎn)
* 若隱若顯 / 若隐若显
* 莫顯 / 莫显
* 表顯 / 表显
* 貴顯 / 贵显 (guìxiǎn)
* 身顯名揚 / 身显名扬
* 通顯 / 通显
* 達官顯宦 / 达官显宦
* 達官顯要 / 达官显要 (dáguānxiǎnyào)
* 隱顯墨水 / 隐显墨水
* 靈顯 / 灵显
* 顯位 / 显位 (xiǎnwèi)
* 顯像 / 显像
* 顯像液 / 显像液
* 顯像管 / 显像管 (xiǎnxiàngguǎn)
* 顯出 / 显出 (xiǎnchū)
* 顯化 / 显化
* 顯士 / 显士
* 顯妣 / 显妣
* 顯姓揚名 / 显姓扬名
* 顯學 / 显学 (xiǎnxué)
* 顯官 / 显官 (xiǎnguān)
* 顯宦 / 显宦
* 顯弄 / 显弄
* 顯形 / 显形 (xiǎnxíng)
* 顯影 / 显影 (xiǎnyǐng)
* 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
* 顯微手術 / 显微手术 (xiǎnwēi shǒushù)
* 顯微書影 / 显微书影
* 顯微照相 / 显微照相
* 顯微鏡 / 显微镜 (xiǎnwēijìng)
* 顯德 / 显德
* 顯忠廟 / 显忠庙 (Xiǎnzhōngmiào)
* 顯性 / 显性 (xiǎnxìng)
* 顯應 / 显应
* 顯揚 / 显扬 (xiǎnyáng)
* 顯敞 / 显敞 (xiǎnchǎng)
* 顯明 / 显明 (xiǎnmíng)
* 顯晦 / 显晦
* 顯榮 / 显荣
* 顯然 / 显然 (xiǎnrán)
* 顯煥 / 显焕
* 顯父 / 显父
* 顯現 / 显现 (xiǎnxiàn)
* 顯生元 / 显生元
* 顯目 / 显目 (xiǎnmù)
* 顯眼 / 显眼 (xiǎnyǎn)
* 顯示 / 显示 (xiǎnshì)
* 顯示器 / 显示器 (xiǎnshìqì)
* 顯祖 / 显祖 (xiǎnzǔ)
* 顯祖妣 / 显祖妣
* 顯祖揚宗 / 显祖扬宗
* 顯祖榮宗 / 显祖荣宗
* 顯祖考 / 显祖考
* 顯秩 / 显秩
* 顯耀 / 显耀
* 顯考 / 显考
* 顯者 / 显者 (xiǎnzhě)
* 顯而易見 / 显而易见 (xiǎn'éryìjiàn)
* 顯聖 / 显圣 (xiǎnshèng)
* 顯色反應 / 显色反应
* 顯花植物 / 显花植物
* 顯著 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
* 顯融 / 显融
* 顯要 / 显要 (xiǎnyào)
* 顯見 / 显见 (xiǎnjiàn)
* 顯親 / 显亲
* 顯親揚名 / 显亲扬名
* 顯豁 / 显豁 (xiǎnhuò)
* 顯貴 / 显贵 (xiǎnguì)
* 顯赫 / 显赫 (xiǎnhè)
* 顯身手 / 显身手 (xiǎn shēnshǒu)
* 顯道 / 显道
* 顯達 / 显达 (xiǎndá)
* 顯露 / 显露 (xiǎnlù)
* 顯露原形 / 显露原形
* 顯露頭角 / 显露头角
* 顯靈 / 显灵 (xiǎnlíng)
* 顯章 / 显章 (xiǎnzhāng)
* 顯顯 / 显显
* 顯魂 / 显魂
* 高官顯爵 / 高官显爵

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 顯 – see 搟 (“to shake; to rock; to sway; to tip over and tumble down”). (This character is a variant form of 搟).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 顕 |
| Kyūjitai | 顯 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 顕)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: けん (ken)
* Kan-on: けん (ken)
* On: げん (gen)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 顯らか)、あらわれる (arawareru, 顯れる)、あらわす (arawasu, 顯す)

## Korean
### Hanja

顯 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

顯: Hán Nôm readings: hiển
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