玄 — Chinese character

玄

xuán

deep, profound, abstruse

Pinyin: xuán
Radical: 95 ⽞ (Profound)
Strokes: 5
Components: 亠幺
Japanese: 玄 as a kanji

Common words with 玄

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
玄机 (玄機)	xuán jī	profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
玄学 (玄學)	xuán xué	Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學\|形而上学)
玄武岩	xuán wǔ yán	(geology) basalt
玄关 (玄關)	xuán guān	entrance hall; vestibule
玄妙	xuán miào	mysterious; profound
玄孙 (玄孫)	xuán sūn	great-great-grandson
故弄玄虚 (故弄玄虛)	gù nòng xuán xū	deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated
玄幻	xuán huàn	xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)
玄参 (玄參)	xuán shēn	Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis); root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
玄虚 (玄虛)	xuán xū	(intentionally) mysterious; arcane
玄乎	xuán hū	unreliable; incredible
玄奥 (玄奧)	xuán ào	abstruse; profound mystery

English words written with 玄

玄 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 12 · Analects 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 12

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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