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玄

xuán

deep, profound, abstruse

HSK 5 strokes Common (17%)
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Component Breakdown

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亠
tóu
lid, cover; head
幺
yāo
one; tiny, small
⿱亠幺 i

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Component Tree i

tóu
亠
lid, cover; head
2 strokes
yāo
幺
one; tiny, small
3 strokes

Words Using 玄 (37)

xuán
玄 ↗
black / mysterious
xuánhū
玄乎 ↗
unreliable / incredible
yuānxuán
渊玄 ↗
profundity / depth
xuánzhīyòuxuán
玄之又玄 ↗
mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi [[老子]]
Xuánpǔ
玄圃 ↗
mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain [[崑崙|昆仑<Kūnlún>]]
xuánshēn
玄参 ↗
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
gùnòngxuánxū
故弄玄虚 ↗
deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
Xuánzàng
玄奘 ↗
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
xuánào
玄奥 ↗
abstruse / profound mystery / the mysteries of the universe
FángXuánlíng
房玄龄 ↗
Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty [[晉書|晋书]]
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