現

See also: 现
現 U+73FE, 現
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73FE
← 珽
[U+73FD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 珿 →
[U+73FF]

Translingual
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

現 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土月山山 (MGBUU), four-corner 16110, composition ⿰𤣩見)

Derived characters
  • 𠻷, 𣎔, 𡠝

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 732, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21004
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1143, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1116, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+73FE

Chinese
trad. 現
simp. 现
alternative forms 見／见

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涀 *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧 *ɡreːns
粯 *ɡreːns
晛 *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧 *keːnʔ
絸 *keːnʔ
垷 *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸 *keːnʔ
見 *keːns, *ɡeːns
俔 *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆 *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴 *ɡeːnʔ
哯 *ɡeːnʔ
睍 *ɡeːnʔ
現 *ɡeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːns) : semantic 玉 (“jewel”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Etymology

Stativized form of the transitive verb 見 (OC *keːns, “to see”), formed by a nasal prefix and expressing the sense "to be visible; to appear" (Mei, 2012).

Pronunciation

Note: hiàn - vernacular, probably substitute for 獻.
Note:
  • hing7 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
  • hêng7 - Jieyang;
  • hiang7 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
    • Wu
      • (Shanghai):
        • Wugniu: 6yi
        • MiniDict: yi去
        • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3hhi
        • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²³/
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: xienn5 / xienn4
        • Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ẽ²¹/, /ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵/
Rime
Character 現
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡甸切
Baxter henH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣenH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 現
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ henH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-[k]ˁen-s/
English appear

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 現
Reading # 1/1
No. 6207
Phonetic
component		 見
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 見
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːns/
Notes 俗同見

Definitions

現

  1. present; current
  2. to appear; to manifest; to become visible
  3. now
  4. on the spot; then and there
    現殺現賣／现杀现卖  ―  xiàn shā xiàn mài  ―  slaughtered fresh and sold fresh
    現學現賣／现学现卖  ―  xiànxuéxiànmài  ―  immediately wielding new knowledge

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
現

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. present
  2. existing

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation
Kanji in this term
現
うつ(つ)
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うつつ [ùtsútsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) うつつ​ [ùtsútsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

現(うつつ) • (utsutsu) 

  1. reality or consciousness, as opposed to a dream state or unconsciousness
    夢(ゆめ)と現(うつつ)の間(あいだ)
    yume to utsutsu no aida
    in between dreams and reality
    • 2003 January 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)八(はち)夜(や)　合(アワセ)鏡(カガミ)（後(コウ)編(ヘン)) [Night 8: Mirror within Mirror (Last Chapter)]”, in [夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん) ([夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん)) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 7:
      さあ　眠(ねむ)れしばし現(うつつ)にお別(わか)れだ
      Sā nemure shibashi utsutsu ni owakare da
      Well then, say goodbye to reality for the time being, and go to sleep

Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現 (MC henH).

Historical readings

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çɘ(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [현(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource 現 (eumhun 나타날 현 (natanal hyeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 현 (“appear”).
  2. Hanja form? of 현 (“current; present; existing”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

現: Hán Nôm readings: hiện, hẹn, kén

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