玄
HSK 7freq #10533
Meanings
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- 1.black
- 2.mysterious
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Wiktionary
- 1.deep; profound; mysterious
- 2.black; reddish black
- 3.sky
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事), two interwoven threads 幺 and a distinguishing mark 亠 on top. The whole character should represent a rope, as seen in 率 and 弦. However, this rope is different from 己 and 乃. Unknown. The oldest basic color term for "black" which was later replaced by 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007). One of its derivations is 袨 (OC *ɡʷeːn, “a kind of black formal wear”).
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Related words
玄机 profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)郑玄 Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar玄秘 mystery玄参 Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)玄石 (literary) black stone (esp. one used for steles and tombstones); tombstone; stele玄远 profound玄狐 silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)玄武 Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)玄妙 mysterious玄虚 (intentionally) mysterious; arcane玄色 black (without gloss)桓玄 Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin