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显

xiǎn

evident, make visible, clear

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 𢇁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顯.

Components
日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

业 simplified component

业  Simplified component

yè

  

profession

Shorthand for the phonetic 𢇁 component in the traditional character 㬎.

Evolution

显 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
显 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
显 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
显 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
显 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

显 (顯) 

xiǎn

manifest, display; evident, clear; to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-

Most common words with 显
Freq.
Word
Meaning

明显

clear

显示

to show

显然

clear

显得

to seem

显

to reveal

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

湿

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 69.7101% of movies

607th most common character in movies

469th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

顯

Unicode

U+663E


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