xuán
hang
Pride 心 in one's country 縣, expressed by a flag; 縣 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 懸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to worry | ||
precipice | ||
concern for sb's welfare | ||
to suspend | ||
bounty |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-kʷˤe[n] (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n] to account for Mǐn) | hwen | xuán | suspend |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.5238% of movies
2023rd most common character in movies
1879th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 20 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+61F8 |
Sources
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