玄 xuán
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xuán
adjective
profound; mysterious; subtle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 微妙 (CCD '玄' 2; FE '玄' 3; GHDC '玄' 2) -
xuán
adjective
black
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 黑色; for example, 天地玄黃 'The sky was black and earth yellow.' (CCD '玄' 1; FE '玄' 2; GHDC '玄' 1; QZW) -
xuán
noun
Kangxi radical 95
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Black (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
xuán
adjective
incredible; unreliable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '玄' 3) -
xuán
adjective
occult; mystical
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 1; GHDC '玄' 3) -
xuán
adjective
meditative and silent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 4) -
xuán
adjective
pretending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 5) -
xuán
proper noun
Xuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (FE '玄' 6)
Contained in
- 白玄鸥(白玄鷗) white tern (Gygis alba)
- 玄奥(玄奧) abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe
- 玄玄 profound ; mystery of mysteries
- 玄门(玄門) Taoism; Daoism
- 枕状玄武岩(枕狀玄武岩) pillow lava ; pillow basalt
- 玄黄(玄黃) black and yellow ; heaven and earth ; silk ; to be sick
- 谈玄說妙(談玄说妙) to talk about mysticism
- 玄妙 mysterious; profound; abstruse
- 玄参(玄參) Ningpo figwort
- 玄关(玄關) entrance hall; hallway
- 玄圃 Xuanpu
- 白顶玄鸥(白頂玄鷗) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
- 天地玄黄(天地玄黃) the sky was dark and the earth was yellow
- 玄武 Black Tortoise ; God of the north sky
- 玄武质熔岩(玄武質熔岩) basalt
- 九天玄女 Xuan Nü
- 北帝玄珠 niter; nitre; saltpeter; saltpetre
- 玄远(玄遠) abstruse; profound
- 玄虚(玄虛) deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable
- 玄青 deep black
- 玄石 magnetite
- 玄理 profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect
- 玄乎 unreliable; incredible
- 玄孙(玄孫) great great grandson
- 赵玄坛(趙玄壇) Zhao Xuantan
- 玄风(玄風) a subtle breeze ; traditional style
- 玄之又玄 mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子
- 玄谈(玄談) introduction or forward in a historic text
- 玄狐 a silver or black fox
- 玄机(玄機) profound theory; mysterious principles
Also contained in
葛玄 、 玄经 、 成玄英 、 太玄经 、 魏晋玄学 、 拨草参玄 、 妙玄独脚 、 玄宗 、 玄怪录 、 林清玄 、 玄言 、 太玄 、 唐玄宗 、 玄始 、 欧阳玄 、 刘玄 、 玄菟郡 、 玄沙三种病人 、 郑玄 、 玄武门之变 、 玄学
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷九十九 列傳第六十九 桓玄 卞範之 殷仲文 Volume 99 Biographies 69: Huan Xuan; Bian Fanzhi; Duan Zhongwen Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 189
- 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 119
- 卷70 列傳第35 楊玄感 李子雄 趙元淑 斛斯政 劉元進 李密 裴仁基 Volume 70 Biographies 35: Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Zhao Yuanshu, Hu Shizheng, Liu Yuanjin, Li Mi, Pei Renji Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 93
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 85
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 84
- 卷八十四 列傳第五十四 王恭 庾楷 劉牢之 殷仲堪 楊佺期 Volume 84 Biographies 54: Wang Gong; Yu Kai; Liu Laozhi; Yin Zhongkan; Yang Quanqi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 77
- 卷四十一 列傳第二十九: 楊播 楊敷 Volume 41 Biographies 29: Yangbo, Yang Fu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 75
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 72
- 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 66
- 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 66
Collocations
- 玄端 (玄端) 有司玄端奉送 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 21
- 玄酒 (玄酒) 無玄酒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 18
- 玄冠 (玄冠) 羔裘玄冠不以弔 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 11
- 玄冥 (玄冥) 為玄冥師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
- 玄纁 (玄纁) 厥篚玄纁璣組 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 9
- 用玄 (用玄) 敢用玄牡 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 6
- 玄冕 (玄冕) 玄冕齋戒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 6
- 服玄 (服玄) 服玄玉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 玄玉 (玄玉) 服玄玉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 玄衣 (玄衣) 玄衣而養老 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4