Zi:现
现(F現) [xiàn] appear; 现在 now; 发现 find/discover; 现代 modern
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The character 现/現 xiàn ‘glitter/twinkle/shine of jade’ combines 王(玉 yù) ‘jade’, and 见/見 jiàn/xiàn ‘see/appear’ (phonosemantic): the glittering/twinkling appearance of jade; formerly wr. 見, cf. 见.
Note: Formerly 現 xiàn ‘glitter/twinkle/shine of jade’, later re-used to distinguish 见/見 xiàn ‘appear’, from 见/見 jiàn ‘see’; cf. 见.
Compare: 发现/见 fāxiàn ‘find/discover; realize/perceive/notice’ (wr. both 发现 and less commonly also 发见); 现/见 xiàn variation is also seen in several other less common cases (ABC).
“[現] Lustre of a gem: conspicuous, become visible; actual, present, now” —Karlgren(AD).
Compare: 霰(䨷) xiàn ‘(small) hail/sleet’ (雪珠), formerly wr. 䨘.
►references: Karlgren:AD368; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1104.6; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:066.1.09; EDOC:0
►components: 王见
►Cantonese: yihn-
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