懸
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Translingual
Han character
懸 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火心 (BFP), four-corner 62339, composition ⿱縣心)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11462
- Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 5
- Unihan data for U+61F8
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeːn): phonetic 縣 (OC *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːns) + semantic 心 (“heart”) – to be concerned (in one’s heart).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn / hiàn
- Eastern Min (BUC): hèng / hièng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeng2 / hyeng2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6yoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuán
- Wade–Giles: hsüan2
- Yale: sywán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan
- Palladius: сюань (sjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jyun4
- Yale: yùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn
- Hakka Romanization System: hienˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hian2
- Sinological IPA: /hi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn
- Hakka Romanization System: hianˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hian2
- Sinological IPA: /hi̯an¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hèng / hièng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɛiŋ⁵³/, /hieŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note:
- hèng - vernacular;
- hièng - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeng2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hé̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hyøŋ¹³/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- hiân - literary;
- soân - vernacular (俗).
Note:
- Middle Chinese: hwen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kʷˤe[n]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn/
Definitions
懸
- to hang; to suspend
- to raise
- to feel anxious
- (literary, or in compounds) to announce
- (literary, or in compounds) to imagine; to suppose
- to be unsettled; to be unresolved
- (colloquial) dangerous
- far apart
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to announce):
- 佈告 / 布告 (bùgào) (literary)
- 公告 (gōnggào)
- 公布 (gōngbù)
- 告知 (gàozhī)
- 告示 (gàoshì) (literary)
- 報信 / 报信 (bàoxìn)
- 奉告 (fènggào)
- 宣告 (xuāngào)
- 宣布 (xuānbù)
- 宣明 (xuānmíng)
- 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
- 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
- 披露 (pīlù)
- 揭曉 / 揭晓 (jiēxiǎo)
- 揭示 (jiēshì)
- 曉諭 / 晓谕 (xiǎoyù) (literary)
- 發布 / 发布 (fābù)
- 通告 (tōnggào)
- 通知 (tōngzhī)
- 頒布 / 颁布 (bānbù)
- 頒發 / 颁发 (bānfā)
- 頒降 / 颁降 (bānjiàng) (literary)
- (to feel anxious):
- 心念 (Hokkien)
- 念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 惦念 (diànniàn)
- 惦記 / 惦记 (diànjì)
- 懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn) (formal)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 掛念 / 挂念 (guàniàn)
- 掛意 / 挂意 (guàyì)
- 掛記 / 挂记 (Nanchang Gan, Yudu Hakka)
- 數念 / 数念 (siàu-liām) (Hokkien)
- 牽掛 / 牵挂 (qiānguà)
- 眷懷 / 眷怀 (juànhuái) (literary)
- 眷注 (juànzhù) (literary)
- 眷顧 / 眷顾 (juàngù) (formal)
- 記掛 / 记挂 (jìguà) (dialectal)
- 顧念 / 顾念 (gùniàn)
- (to imagine):
- 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
- 估量
- 假定 (jiǎdìng)
- 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
- 假設 / 假设 (jiǎshè)
- 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
- 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
- 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
- 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
- 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
- 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
- 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
- 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 揣度 (formal)
- 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
- 母量 (mu3 liong) (Gan)
- 派胚 (Hokkien)
- 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
- 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
- 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
- 猜 (cāi)
- 猜度 (cāiduó)
- 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
- 猜摸 (cāimo)
- 猜料 (cāiliào)
- 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
- 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
- 算 (suàn)
- 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
- 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
- 臭疑 (Hokkien)
- 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
- 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
- 要約 / 要约 (iau3 ieh4) (Jin)
- 設 / 设 (shè)
- 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
- 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 青疑 (Hokkien)
- 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)
Compounds
- 倒懸 / 倒悬 (dàoxuán)
- 倒懸之危 / 倒悬之危 (dàoxuánzhīwēi)
- 倒懸之急 / 倒悬之急
- 倒懸之苦 / 倒悬之苦
- 倒懸捱命 / 倒悬捱命
- 刺股懸梁
- 刺骨懸梁
- 勒馬懸崖 / 勒马悬崖
- 匏瓜空懸 / 匏瓜空悬
- 口如懸河 / 口如悬河
- 口若懸河 / 口若悬河 (kǒuruòxuánhé)
- 命若懸絲 / 命若悬丝
- 坐薪懸膽 / 坐薪悬胆
- 天懸地隔 / 天悬地隔
- 如解倒懸 / 如解倒悬
- 子夏懸鶉 / 子夏悬鹑
- 室如懸磬 / 室如悬磬
- 強弱懸殊 / 强弱悬殊
- 徹懸 / 彻悬
- 心懸兩地 / 心悬两地
- 意懸 / 意悬
- 懸口 / 悬口
- 懸吊 / 悬吊
- 懸圃 / 悬圃
- 懸壅垂 / 悬壅垂 (xuányōngchuí)
- 懸壺 / 悬壶 (xuánhú)
- 懸壺濟世 / 悬壶济世 (xuánhújìshì)
- 懸宕 / 悬宕
- 懸山 / 悬山
- 懸岩 / 悬岩
- 懸岩峭壁 / 悬岩峭壁
- 懸峰 / 悬峰
- 懸崖 / 悬崖 (xuányá)
- 懸崖勒馬 / 悬崖勒马 (xuányálèmǎ)
- 懸崖峭壁 / 悬崖峭壁 (xuányáqiàobì)
- 懸崖絕壁 / 悬崖绝壁 (xuányájuébì)
- 懸弧 / 悬弧
- 懸弧之慶 / 悬弧之庆
- 懸心 / 悬心 (xuánxīn)
- 懸心吊膽 / 悬心吊胆 (xuánxīndiàodǎn)
- 懸念 / 悬念 (xuánniàn)
- 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
- 懸懸 / 悬悬
- 懸懸而望 / 悬悬而望
- 懸掛 / 悬挂 (xuánguà)
- 懸揣 / 悬揣
- 懸擬 / 悬拟
- 懸斷 / 悬断
- 懸旌 / 悬旌
- 懸旌萬里 / 悬旌万里
- 懸望 / 悬望
- 懸果 / 悬果
- 懸案 / 悬案 (xuán'àn)
- 懸梁 (xuánliáng)
- 懸梁刺股 (xuánliángcìgǔ)
- 懸梁刺骨
- 懸棺葬 / 悬棺葬
- 懸榻 / 悬榻
- 懸欠 / 悬欠
- 懸殊 / 悬殊 (xuánshū)
- 懸決 / 悬决
- 懸河 / 悬河
- 懸法 / 悬法
- 懸河注水 / 悬河注水
- 懸河注火 / 悬河注火
- 懸河瀉水 / 悬河泻水
- 懸浮 / 悬浮 (xuánfú)
- 懸浮物 / 悬浮物
- 懸液劑 / 悬液剂
- 懸溜 / 悬溜
- 懸濁液 / 悬浊液 (xuánzhuóyè)
- 懸瀑 / 悬瀑
- 懸然如磬 / 悬然如磬
- 懸燈結彩 / 悬灯结彩
- 懸疑 / 悬疑 (xuányí)
- 懸癰 / 悬痈
- 懸的過高 / 悬的过高
- 懸空 / 悬空 (xuánkōng)
- 懸空電車 / 悬空电车
- 懸絕 / 悬绝
- 懸絲傀儡 / 悬丝傀儡
- 懸絲診脈 / 悬丝诊脉
- 懸缺 / 悬缺
- 懸罄 / 悬罄
- 懸而未決 / 悬而未决 (xuán'érwèijué)
- 懸肘 / 悬肘
- 懸腕 / 悬腕
- 懸腸掛肚 / 悬肠挂肚
- 懸膽 / 悬胆
- 懸臂 / 悬臂
- 懸若日月 / 悬若日月
- 懸薄 / 悬薄
- 懸虛 / 悬虚
- 懸衡 / 悬衡
- 懸賞 / 悬赏 (xuánshǎng)
- 懸車之年 / 悬车之年
- 懸車告老 / 悬车告老
- 懸車致仕 / 悬车致仕
- 懸軍 / 悬军
- 懸針 / 悬针
- 懸針垂露 / 悬针垂露
- 懸鉤子 / 悬钩子 (xuángōuzi)
- 懸門 / 悬门
- 懸隔 / 悬隔 (xuángé)
- 懸頭 / 悬头 (xuántóu)
- 懸頭刺股 / 悬头刺股
- 懸頭刺骨 / 悬头刺骨
- 懸風槌 / 悬风槌
- 懸首 / 悬首 (xuánshǒu)
- 懸魚 / 悬鱼
- 懸鶉 / 悬鹑
- 懸鶉百結 / 悬鹑百结
- 懸麻雨 / 悬麻雨
- 懸黎 / 悬黎
- 掛印懸牌 / 挂印悬牌
- 掛腸懸膽 / 挂肠悬胆
- 明鏡高懸 / 明镜高悬 (míngjìnggāoxuán)
- 束馬懸車 / 束马悬车
- 目若懸珠 / 目若悬珠
- 相去懸殊 / 相去悬殊
- 眾寡懸殊 / 众寡悬殊
- 眼懸懸 / 眼悬悬
- 視覺懸崖 / 视觉悬崖
- 秦鏡高懸 / 秦镜高悬
- 絕壁天懸 / 绝壁天悬
- 羊續懸魚 / 羊续悬鱼
- 虛堂懸鏡 / 虚堂悬镜
- 解民倒懸 / 解民倒悬
- 言若懸河 / 言若悬河
- 言類懸河 / 言类悬河
- 設鼓懸鐘 / 设鼓悬钟
- 貧富懸殊 / 贫富悬殊 (pínfùxuánshū)
- 賣狗懸羊 / 卖狗悬羊
- 逋懸 / 逋悬
- 鑿壁懸梁 / 凿壁悬梁
- 附贅懸疣 / 附赘悬疣
- 頭懸目眩 / 头悬目眩
- 高懸 / 高悬 (gāoxuán)
Pronunciation 2
- Eastern Min (BUC): gèng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge2 / giⁿ2 / he2 / hiⁿ2
- Southern Min
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gèng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɛiŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note: vernacular.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ge2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gá̤ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ke¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: giⁿ2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kĩ¹³/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: he2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: há̤ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /he¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: hiⁿ2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hĩ¹³/
- (Putian)
Note:
- ge2/giⁿ2 - “high, tall”;
- he2/hiⁿ2 - “hang down”.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koâiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kuâinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaai
- IPA (Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore): /kuãi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kûiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: kuînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvuii
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore): /kuĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, Taipei, Kinmen, Singapore)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: guin5 / guain5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kûiⁿ / kuâiⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kũĩ⁵⁵/, /kũãĩ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
- vernacular;
- guain5 - Chaoyang.
Note: vernacular.
Note:
Definitions
懸
- (Min) tall; high
- (Southern Min) of high level; above average
- (Hokkien) height
- (Puxian Min) to hang down
Synonyms
Compounds
References
- “懸”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “悬”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 201, 260, 262.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “悬”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 270.
Japanese
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Kanji
懸
(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𢝝)
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Readings
Compounds
- 一生懸命 (isshōkenmei)
Korean
Hanja
懸 (eumhun 매달 현 (maedal hyeon))
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Vietnamese
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