铉 (xuàn) · handle-rod inserted into a tripod cauldron for…

Meanings

1 handle-rod inserted into a tripod cauldron for lifting
2 used in Korean names (Hyun)

Characters

铉

xuàn

rod for lifting a cauldron; used in Korean names

Examples

HSK 7-9

古代用铉穿过鼎耳以便抬起。

Gǔdài yòng xuàn chuānguò dǐng ěr yǐbiàn táiqǐ.

In ancient times, the xuàn rod was inserted through the handles of a cauldron to lift it.

HSK 7-9

铉这个字在朝鲜名字中很常见，读作玄。

Xuàn zhège zì zài Cháoxiǎn míngzi zhōng hěn chángjiàn, dúzuò Xuán.

The character 铉 is common in Korean names, transcribed as Hyun.

Tips

history

铉 is a rare classical Chinese character referring to a rod used to lift ancient bronze cauldrons (鼎). It survives primarily in Korean names (e.g., 金铉哲 Kim Hyun-chul), where it is romanized as 'Hyun.'

Components

radical

钅 jīn

metal (radical form of 金)

Left-side metal radical, the side form of 金. Indexes 铉 in the metalwork family alongside 钩 hook, 锁 lock, 链 chain. A 铉 is a metal lifting-rod hooked through the ears of a ceremonial cauldron 鼎 - the radical names the iron bar that supports the vessel's weight.

phonetic

玄 xuán

dark; mysterious

Right side 玄 supplies the sound: xuán drifted to xuàn with tone change. The dark, profound imagery of 玄 doesn't transfer - borrowed purely as a sound match. 铉 is a literary character, mostly surfaces in classical bronze-vessel vocabulary and personal names. Same xuán/xuàn shift pattern appears in 弦 bowstring.