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玄 - xuán

deep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95

deep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95

How to read 玄

Click 玄 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinxuán
Englishdeep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

玄乎 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 玄参. Please read 玄圃 one more time.

Common words with this character

unreliable; incredible
Ningpo figwort; root of Ningpo figwort
mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
Xuanzang , Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 玄 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 玄乎 and 玄参 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 玄.