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CHINESE CHARACTER

xuán

玄

玄

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black

Numbered pinyin
xuan2
English meanings
black, mysterious

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 亠; bottom 幺.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱亠幺

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yǒu有diǎn点xuán玄。

    A bit mysterious.

  2. 02

    xuán玄miào妙mò莫cè测。

    Mysterious.

  3. 03

    yǎn眼jiàn见wèi为shí实。

    Seeing is believing.

  4. 04

    jiǎo脚tāshi踏实de地。

    Down to earth.

  5. 05

    shíshìqiúshì实事求是。

    Be truthful.

  6. 06

    wùshí务实qiú求zhēn真。

    Practical.

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