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<WL>玄 [xuán] black, dark; profound, abstruse; 玄学 metaphysics; (radical 95, 玄部)@@; (HDZ:) … [xuàn] 泫; 眩; 炫 | <WL>玄 [xuán] black, dark; profound, abstruse; 玄学 metaphysics; (radical 95, 玄部)@@; (HDZ:) … [xuàn] 泫; 眩; 炫 | ||
The character 玄(𠵓) xuán ‘deep/dark reddish black’ combines 亠/入() ‘enter into’, and 幺(𢆯) ‘fine strand/thread’ as in 𢆶() in 幽() ‘dark’: profoundly black, as in a deep/dark valley. | The character 玄(𠵓) xuán ‘deep/dark reddish black’ combines 亠/入() ‘enter into’, and 幺(𢆯) ‘fine strand/thread’ as in 𢆶() in 幽() ‘dark’: profoundly black, as in a deep/dark valley. | ||
| + | Compare: 炫() xuàn ‘flicker/flash/dazzle’. | ||
Compare: 白(𦣺) bái ‘white’, in which also 入(). | Compare: 白(𦣺) bái ‘white’, in which also 入(). | ||
“To 入 put the 幺 thread in the dye; dyed thread; GREEN color (later on, BLACK, on account of certain Taoist theories)” —Wieger. | “To 入 put the 幺 thread in the dye; dyed thread; GREEN color (later on, BLACK, on account of certain Taoist theories)” —Wieger. | ||
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