現

See also: 现

現 U+73FE, 現 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73FE ← 珽 [U+73FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 珿 → [U+73FF]

Translingual

Han character

現 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土月山山 (MGBUU), four-corner 1611₀, composition ⿰𤣩見)

Derived characters

• 𠻷, 𣎔, 𡠝

Related characters

• 现 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 732, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21004
• Dae Jaweon: page 1143, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1116, character 3
• Unihan data for U+73FE

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Chinese

trad.		現
simp.		现

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涀	*ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧	*ɡreːns
粯	*ɡreːns
晛	*ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧	*keːnʔ
絸	*keːnʔ
垷	*keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸	*keːnʔ
見	*keːns, *ɡeːns
俔	*kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆	*kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴	*ɡeːnʔ
哯	*ɡeːnʔ
睍	*ɡeːnʔ
現	*ɡeːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːns) : semantic 玉 (“jewel”) + phonetic 見 (OC *keːns, *ɡeːns).

Etymology

Endopassive of 見 (OC *keːns).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 現

1. present; current
2. to appear; to manifest; to become visible
3. now

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

現

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. present
2. existing

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: あらわす (arawasu, 現す, Jōyō)、あらわれる (arawareru, 現れる, Jōyō)、うつつ (utsutsu, 現つ)

Compounds

• 現代(げんだい) (gendai): the present day, modern times
• 現金(げんきん) (genkin): cash

• 現在(げんざい)地(ち) (genzaichi): you are here

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
現
うつ(つ) Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Noun

現(うつつ) • (utsutsu) 

1. reality or consciousness, as opposed to a dream state or unconsciousness

   夢(ゆめ)と現(うつつ)の間(あいだ)

   yume to utsutsu no aida

   in between dreams and reality

   • 2003 January 27, Mashiba, Shin, “[第](だい)[八](はち)[夜](や)　[合](アワセ)[鏡](カガミ)（[後](コウ)[編](ヘン))”, in (deprecated template usage) [夢](ゆめ)[喰](くい)[見](けん)[聞](ぶん), volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 7:

     さあ　眠(ねむ)れしばし現(うつつ)にお別(わか)れだ

     Sā nemure shibashi utsutsu ni owakare da

     Well then, say goodbye to reality for the time being, and go to sleep

Derived terms

• 現(うつつ)を抜(ぬ)かす (utsutsu o nukasu)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 現 (MC henH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 見/ᅘᅧᆫ〮 (Yale: hhyén) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Early Modern Korean 見/현 (Yale: hyen) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

Hanja

Wikisource

現 (eumhun 나타날 현 (natanal hyeon))

1. hanja form^? of 현 (“appear”)
2. hanja form^? of 현 (“current; present; existing”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 현대 (現代, hyeondae, “modern; Hyundai”)
• 출현 (出現, chulhyeon, “appear”)
• 구현 (具現, guhyeon, “realization”)
• 현실 (現實, hyeonsil, “reality”)
• 표현 (表現, pyohyeon, “description”)
• 현재 (現在, hyeonjae, “present”)
• 현금 (現金, hyeon'geum, “cash”)
• 현존 (現存, hyeonjon, “existing”)
• 현상 (現像, hyeonsang, “phenomenon”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 現 (hiện, hẹn, kén)

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