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顯

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See also: 显 and 顕
顯 U+986F, 顯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-986F
← 顮
[U+986E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顰 →
[U+9870]

Translingual

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Traditional 顯
Shinjitai 顕
Simplified 显

Han character

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顯 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+14, 23 strokes, Cangjie input 日火一月金 (AFMBC), four-corner 61386, composition ⿰㬎頁)

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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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
Characters in the same phonetic series (顯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
顯 *hŋeːnʔ
韅 *hŋeːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 日 (“sun”) + 絲 (“silk”) + 頁 (“person's head”).

Etymology 1

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trad. 顯
simp. 显*
alternative forms
㬎 ancient form
𣊡 ancient form
𩔰
㫫
顕
㬎 ancient form
𣊡 ancient form
𩔰
㫫
顕
搟
 

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • hiáⁿ - vernacular (“to twinkle; conspicuous; to sway”);
  • hián - literary (“to jolt up and down; to overturn”).
Note:
  • hiang2 - Shantou;
  • hiêng2 - Chaozhou.
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 		/henX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/henX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/xenX/
Wang
Li 		/xienX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hin2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 顯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xenX ›
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

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顯

顯考志昂鄧公府君……同合墓 (etymology 1 sense 5).
  1. 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
    顯本領／显本领  ―  xiǎn běnlǐng  ―  to show one's skills
    長得顯老／长得显老  ―  zhǎng de xiǎnlǎo  ―  to look old
  2. apparent; noticeable; obvious
    這種藥的效果還不顯。 [MSC, trad.]
    这种药的效果还不显。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè zhǒng yào de xiàoguǒ hái bù xiǎn. [Pinyin]
    The effect of this kind of medicine is not yet noticeable.
  3. prominent; conspicuous; visible
    顯赫／显赫  ―  xiǎnhè  ―  prominent; distinguished
  4. (prefix) phanero-
    顯生宙／显生宙  ―  xiǎnshēngzhòu  ―  phanerozoic
  6. (honorific) an honorific for deceased immediate family members
    顯考／显考  ―  xiǎnkǎo  ―  my late father
  7. (Hokkien) to jolt up and down while swaying side to side
  8. (Hokkien) to overturn and topple over
  9. (Hokkien) to twinkle; to glisten; to flicker
  10. (Hokkien) conspicuous; eye-catching; visible; showy
  11. (Mainland China Hokkien) to sway; to rock; to shake (due to being unstable)
  12. (Wenzhounese) very
Synonyms
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  • (to glisten):
  • (very):
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 超級, 真
Harbin 嘎嘎
Malaysia 很, 西北
Singapore 很, 非常
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Weifang (Weicheng) 綦, 真
Jinan 挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 很
Xi'an 很
Xuzhou 很
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 很, 好
Chongqing 很
Chongqing (Changshou) 很, 好
Wuhan 蠻, 很
Guilin 好
Liuzhou 好
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 很
Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
Hefei 很
Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
Taishan 好, 十分之
Yangjiang 好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
Gan Nanchang 蠻
Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還
Huidong (Daling) 好
Wuhua (Meilin) 好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
Changting 野
Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
Liancheng 樣
Ninghua 好
Ruijin 蠻
Shicheng 蠻
Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
Hong Kong 好
Sabah (Bao'an) 好
Kuching (Hepo) 很
Singapore (Dabu) 好
Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
Northern Min Jian'ou 盡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 野, 真
Singapore (Fuqing) 真
Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
Southern Min Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
Jinjiang 野, 萬代
Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
Dongshan 真, 非常
Taipei 真, 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Hsinchu 真, 誠
Kinmen 足, 誠
Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
Klang (Hokkien) 野
Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
Medan (Hokkien) 按呢, 真, 誠, 真正
Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew) 好
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
Haikou 但顧
Qionghai 但顧, 真
Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
Puxian Min Putian 煞, 絕, 滿定, 盡力篤, 若何, 連天, 裂地, 萬靆
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 確傷
Xianyou 煞, 絕, 滿定, 盡力篤, 盡篤, 若何, 一貢, 連天, 裂地
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
Shanghai (Songjiang) 蠻, 交關
Shanghai (Jiading) 蠻, 交關
Shanghai (Chongming) 蠻, 交關
Suzhou 蠻, 窮, 交關
Danyang 蠻, 交關
Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
Shaoxing 蠻, 蠻蠻, 呆呆, 交關
Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
Shuangfeng 蠻

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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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

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Shinjitai 顕
Kyūjitai 顯

Kanji

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顯

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 顕)

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Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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顯 (eumhun 나타날 현 (natanal hyeon))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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顯: Hán Nôm readings: hiển

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