Chinese symbol for “extant”

现存

xiàn cún

Traditional: 現存

extant; existent; in stock

The closest CC-CEDICT match for extant is 现存 (xiàn cún), defined as: extant; existent; in stock.

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Characters and stroke order

现 xiàn

to appear, to manifest; current, now

radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes

存 cún

to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit

radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

現 xiàn

Other Chinese words for “extant”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
留存	liú cún	to keep; to preserve
存留	cún liú	remaining; extant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 现存.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
现在 (現在)	xiàn zài	now; at present; currently
发现 (發現)	fā xiàn	to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出现 (出現)	chū xiàn	to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
实现 (實現)	shí xiàn	to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
表现 (表現)	biǎo xiàn	to show; to show off
现场 (現場)	xiàn chǎng	the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot
存在	cún zài	to exist; to be
生存	shēng cún	to exist; to survive

See also: Japanese symbol for “extant”.

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