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
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 51
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 56
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Analects 10.6
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