漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
顕: appear, existing
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 显(sound)
- 頁head(meaning)
頁 carries the meaning · 显 gives the sound
18 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 顕著けんちょ
- 顕彰けんしょうhonouring (publicly); honoring
- 顕在けんざいbeing actual (as opposed to hidden or…
- 露顕ろけんdiscovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.)
- 顕微鏡けんびきょう
- 自己顕示じこけんじmaking oneself conspicuous
Also read あきらか, あらわれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side顕 appear · 显
vs題 topic · 是In ChineseSimplified 显 · traditional 顯 · xiǎn
Three different forms: Japanese 顕, simplified 显, traditional 顯.
- Simplified
- 显 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 顯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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