下弦

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	bow string; string of mus. instr.
simp. and trad. (下弦)		下	弦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàsián
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: syà-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshyan
    • Palladius: сясянь (sjasjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: hah yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² jiːn²¹/

Noun

下弦

1. last quarter (of the moon)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (下弦):

• → Japanese: 下(か)弦(げん) (kagen)
• → Korean: 하현(下弦) (hahyeon)
• → Vietnamese: hạ huyền (下弦)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	弦
か Grade: 1	げん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かげん [kàgéń] (Heiban – [0])^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• (Tokyo) かげん [káꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

下(か)弦(げん) • (kagen) 

1. waning moon, last quarter moon^[6]

See also

Lunar phases in Japanese · 月(げっ)相(そう) (gessō)

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
新(にい)月(づき) (niizuki) 新(しん)月(げつ) (shingetsu) 朔(さく) (saku) 朔(さく)月(げつ) (sakugetsu) 月(つき)立(たち) (tsukitachi)	二(ふつ)日(か)月(づき) (futsukazuki) 繊(せん)月(げつ) (sengetsu) 既(き)朔(さく) (kisaku)	三(み)日(か)月(づき) (mikazuki) 若(わか)月(づき) (wakazuki) 眉(び)月(げつ) (bigetsu) 眉(まゆ)月(づき) (mayuzuki)	四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (yokkazuki)	五(いつ)日(か)月(づき) (itsukazuki)
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
六(むい)日(か)月(づき) (muikazuki)	七(なの)日(か)月(づき) (nanokazuki)	八(よう)日(か)月(づき) (yōkazuki)	九(く)夜(や)月(づき) (kuyazuki) 九(ここの)日(か)月(つき) (kokonokatsuki)	十(とう)日(かん)夜(や)の月(つき) (tōkan'ya no tsuki)
	上(じょう)弦(げん) (jōgen) 上(じょう)弦(げん)の月(つき) (jōgen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)
11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (jūichinichizuki)	十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (jūninichizuki)	十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (jūsan'ya)	十(じゅう)四(よっ)日(か)月(づき) (jūyokkazuki) 小(こ)望(もち)月(づき) (komochizuki) 幾(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 待(まつ)宵(よい)月(づき) (matsuyoizuki)	十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や) (jūgoya) 十(じゅう)五(ご)夜(や)の月(つき) (jūgoya no tsuki) 望(ぼう) (bō) 望(もち)月(づき) (mochizuki) 満(まん)月(げつ) (mangetsu) 三(さん)五(ご)の月(つき) (sango no tsuki)
16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi) 十六夜(いざよい)の月(つき) (izayoi no tsuki) 既(き)望(ぼう) (kibō) 猶予(いざよう)月(つき) (izayōtsuki)	立(たち)待(まち)月(づき) (tachimachizuki)	居(い)待(まち)月(づき) (imachizuki)	寝(ね)待(まち)月(づき) (nemachizuki) 臥(ふし)待(まち)月(づき) (fushimachizuki)	二十(はつ)日(か)月(づき) (hatsukazuki) 更(ふけ)待(まち)月(づき) (fukemachizuki) 亥(い)中(なか)の月(つき) (inaka no tsuki)
21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
二(に)十(じゅう)一(いち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūichinichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūninichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)夜(や) (nijūsan'ya) 二(に)十(じゅう)三(さん)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūsannichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)四(よ)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūyonichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūgonichizuki)
	下(か)弦(げん) (kagen) 下(か)弦(げん)の月(つき) (kagen no tsuki) 弓(ゆみ)張(はり)月(づき) (yumiharizuki) 半(はん)月(げつ) (hangetsu)
26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)夜(や) (nijūrokuya) 二(に)十(じゅう)六(ろく)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūrokunichizuki)	二(に)十(じゅう)七(しち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūshichinichizuki)	明(あ)けの三(み)日(か)月(づき) (ake no mikazuki)		三十(みそ)日(か) (misoka) 三十(みそ)日(か)月(づき) (misokazuki)
		二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)日(にち)月(づき) (nijūhachinichizuki)	晦(つごもり) (tsugomori)
Others
After 16th	In rain
残(ざん)月(げつ) (zangetsu) 有(あり)明(あけ)の月(つき) (ariake no tsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(つき) (ariaketsuki) 有(あり)明(あけ) (ariake) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づく)夜(よ) (ariakezukuyo) 有(あり)明(あけ)月(づき)夜(よ) (ariakezukiyo) 昼(ひる)の月(つき) (hiru no tsuki) 暁(あかつき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatsukizukuyo) 暁(あかとき)月(づく)夜(よ) (akatokizukuyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき)夜(よ) (akatsukizukiyo) 暁(あかつき)月(づき) (akatsukizuki) 暁(あかとき)月(づき) (akatokizuki) 暁(ぎょう)月(げつ) (gyōgetsu)	雨(あま)夜(よ)の月(つき) (amayo no tsuki)

References

1. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
4. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. “下弦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
6. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary, Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	弦

Noun

下弦 • (hahyeon) (hangeul 하현)

1. hanja form^? of 하현

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
下	弦

Noun

下弦

1. chữ Hán form of hạ huyền.