郑玄
Zhèng Xuán

Zheng Xuan

郑 zhèng state in today's Henan Simplified

Simplified form of 鄭. Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 奠 represents the sound.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

关
关 Simplified component
guān to close

Shorthand for the 奠 component in the traditional character 鄭.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

掷踯

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

玄 xuán, xuàn black

Originally the same character as 幺. Similar to 幺, with an distinguishing mark at the top.

Components

亠
亠 Distinguishing component
tóu head
幺
幺 Iconic component
yāo tiny

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 10 verified)

畜弦眩舷炫铉泫痃牽鉉

Iconic (2)

鲧鯀

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwen[ɢ]ʷˤi[n] dark

說文解字

《說文》：“玄，幽遠也。黑而有赤色者為玄。象幽而入覆之也。，古文玄。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鄭 zhèng state in today's Henan Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 奠 represents the sound.

Components

⻏
⻏ Meaning component
yì city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

奠
奠 Sound component
diàn pay respect

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

擲躑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjengH[d]reŋ-sZhèng (a surname)
Zhengzhangdeŋs
Unicodedjiɛ̀ng

說文解字

京兆縣。周厲王子友所封。从邑奠聲。宗周之滅，鄭徙潧洧之上，今新鄭是也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)