# 泫

| 泫 | U+6CEB, &#27883; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CEB |
| ← 泪 [U+6CEA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 泬 → [U+6CEC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

泫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜女戈 (EYVI), four-corner 3013$_2$, composition ⿰氵玄)
* weep
* cry
* shine, glisten

#### Derived characters

* 𫈞, 𩃚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17319
* Dae Jaweon: page 1013, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1593, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6CEB

## Chinese
### Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuàn (xuan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^5$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng$^5$ / hyeng$^5$
* 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$^5$
*** Yale: yúhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyøŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: hwenX
Rime :
| Character | 泫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡畎切 |
| Baxter | hwenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwen$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣiwen$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 泫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14035 |
| Phonetic component | 玄 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泫 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːn/ |

### Definitions

泫
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cry; to shed tears
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of dew) glimmering; glistening
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dew

### Compounds

* 泫沄
* 泫泫
* 泫然
* 泫然欲泣
* 潸泫

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “泫”, 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)
* weep
* cry
* shine
* glisten

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けん (ken)、げん (gen)
* Kun: ながれる (nagareru)
* Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

泫 (eum 현 (hyeon))
* weep
* cry
* shine
* glisten

## Vietnamese
### Han character

泫: Hán Nôm readings: huyên
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation