Chinese Character Wiki
现

xiàn

appear

Simplified form of 現. Etymologically related to 见 (to see). Originally these two characters were written the same, then the 𤣩 component was added to distinguish them.

Components
𤣩 distinguishing component

𤣩  Distinguishing component

yù

  

jade

Distinguishes 现 from 见.

见 sound,meaning component

见  Sound Meaning component

jiàn, xiàn

  

see

Evolution

现 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
现 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

现 (現) 

xiàn

appear, manifest, become visible; to appear; present; now; existing; current

Most common words with 现
Freq.
Word
Meaning

现在

now

发现

to find

出现

to appear

表现

to show

现场

(on) the spot

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

55th most common character in movies

70th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

現

Unicode

U+73B0


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