xuàn HSK7

shine

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeːn

說文解字

燿燿也。从火玄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica