铉 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xuàn

device for carrying a tripod

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn

metal

玄 Sound component

xuán

deep

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

铉 (鉉)

xuàn

device for carrying a tripod; stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron; commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"

Most common words with 铉

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	卢武铉	Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008
	铉	commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
	徐铉	Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字註\|说文解字注[ShuōwénJiězìZhù]