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See also: 悬 and 𢝝
懸 U+61F8, 懸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61F8
← 懷
[U+61F7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 懹 →
[U+61F9]

Translingual

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Traditional 懸
Shinjitai
(extended) 		𢝝
Simplified 悬

Han character

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懸 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 62339, composition ⿱縣心)

Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
  • Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+61F8

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (縣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縣 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns
懸 *ɡʷeːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːn) : phonetic 縣 (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).

Pronunciation 1

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trad. 懸
simp. 悬
alternative forms 𢝝
Note:
  • hèng - vernacular;
  • hièng - literary.
Note:
  • hiân - literary;
  • soân - vernacular (俗).
Rime
Character 懸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡涓切
Baxter hwen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦwen/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦʷen/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣuɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦwɛn/
Li
Rong 		/ɣuen/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiwen/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiwen/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 懸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xuán
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwen ›
Old
Chinese 		/*N-kʷˁe[n]/ (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n] to account for Mǐn)
English suspend

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 懸
Reading # 1/1
No. 13577
Phonetic
component 		縣
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		玄
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷeːn/
Notes 俗同縣通用

Definitions

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懸

  1. to hang; to suspend
  2. to raise
  3. to feel anxious
  4. (literary, or in compounds) to announce
    懸賞／悬赏  ―  xuánshǎng  ―  to offer a reward
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
    懸想／悬想  ―  xuánxiǎng  ―  to imagine
  6. to be unsettled; to be unresolved
  7. (colloquial) dangerous
    甲：「考試考得怎麼樣呢？」
    乙：「懸。」     [MSC, trad.]
    甲：「考试考得怎么样呢？」
    乙：「悬。」     [MSC, simp.]
    Jiǎ: “Kǎoshì kǎo de zěnmeyàng ne?”
    Yǐ: “Xuán.”     [Pinyin]
    A: How did you do on your test?
    B: Dangerous. (meaning: I might have failed but I might have passed.)
  8. far apart
  9. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (to announce):
  • (to feel anxious):
  • (to imagine):

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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trad. 懸
simp. 悬
alternative forms 𢝝
高
峘
危 Teochew
Note: vernacular.
Note:
  • ge2/giⁿ2 - “high, tall”;
  • he2/hiⁿ2 - “hang down”.
Note: vernacular.
Note:
  • vernacular;
  • guain5 - Chaoyang.

    Definitions

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    懸

    1. (Min) tall; high
    2. (Southern Min) of high level; above average
    3. (Hokkien) height
    4. (Puxian Min) to hang down
    Synonyms
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    Dialectal synonyms of 高 (“tall; high”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 高
    Taiwan 高
    Malaysia 高
    Singapore 高
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 高
    Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 高
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 高
    Wuhan 高, 長 †
    Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 高
    Hefei 高
    Cantonese Guangzhou 高
    Hong Kong 高
    Taishan 高
    Yangjiang 高
    Singapore (Guangfu) 高
    Gan Nanchang 高, 猛 †
    Hakka Meixian 高
    Changting 高
    Wuping 高
    Liancheng 高
    Ninghua 高
    Jin Taiyuan 高
    Northern Min Jian'ou 高
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 懸
    Fuzhou (Changle) 懸
    Fuqing 懸
    Pingtan 懸
    Yongtai 懸
    Gutian 懸
    Fu'an 懸
    Ningde 懸
    Shouning 懸
    Zhouning 懸
    Matsu 懸
    Southern Min Xiamen 懸, 躼 †
    Quanzhou 懸, 躼 †
    Zhangzhou 懸, 躼 †
    Zhao'an 懸
    Taipei 懸, 躼 †
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 懸, 躼 †
    Kaohsiung 懸, 躼 †
    Yilan 懸, 躼 †
    Changhua (Lukang) 懸, 躼 †
    Taichung 懸
    Tainan 懸, 躼 †
    Hsinchu 懸
    Kinmen 懸
    Penghu (Magong) 懸
    Penang (Hokkien) 懸
    Singapore (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
    Manila (Hokkien) 懸, 躼 †
    Chaozhou 懸
    Shantou 懸
    Singapore (Teochew) 懸
    Wenchang 懸
    Qionghai 懸
    Singapore (Hainanese) 懸
    Puxian Min Putian 懸
    Xianyou 懸
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 懸
    Wu Shanghai 高, 長 †
    Suzhou 高, 長 †
    Hangzhou (Yuhang) 長, 高
    Wenzhou 高, 長 †
    Xiang Changsha 高, 上
    Shuangfeng 高, 長 †
    Note † - of a person's height

    Compounds

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    References

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    • “Entry #12998”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
    • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “悬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 201, 260, 262.
    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “悬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.

    Japanese

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    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    		𢝝

    Kyūjitai

    		懸

    Kanji

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    懸

    (Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢝝)

    1. suspend

    Readings

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    懸 (eumhun 매달 현 (maedal hyeon))

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    懸: Hán Nôm readings: huyền

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