Usage of the character 玄
xuán
玄
[玄]
- black
- mysterious
xuánshí
玄石
[玄石]
- magnetite Fe3O4
xuánshēn
玄参
[玄參]
- Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
- root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
xuánhuàn
玄幻
[玄幻]
- xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)
Huán Xuán
桓玄
[桓玄]
- Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
xuánmiào
玄妙
[玄妙]
- mysterious
- profound
- abstruse
xuánxū
玄虚
[玄虛]
- (intentionally) mysterious; arcane
xuánjī
玄机
[玄機]
- profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)
- mysterious principles
xuánlǐ
玄理
[玄理]
- profound theory
- philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學／玄学 sect
Xuánwǔ
玄武
[玄武]
- Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
- (in Daoism) God of the north sky
xuánhú
玄狐
[玄狐]
- silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
xuán'ào
玄奥
[玄奧]
- abstruse
- profound mystery
- the mysteries of the universe
xuánguān
玄关
[玄關]
- entrance hall; vestibule
xuánhū
玄乎
[玄乎]
- unreliable; incredible
xuánsè
玄色
[玄色]
- black (without gloss)
- black with a hint of red in it
xuányuǎn
玄远
[玄遠]
- profound
- abstruse mystery
Xuánzàng
玄奘
[玄奘]
- Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
Zhèng Xuán
郑玄
[鄭玄]
- Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
xuánsūn
玄孙
[玄孫]
- great-great-grandson
xuánqīng
玄青
[玄青]
- deep black
Xuánpǔ
玄圃
[玄圃]
- mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙／昆仑 ( Kūnlún)
xuánmì
玄秘
[玄秘]
- mystery
- mysterious
- occult
- abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)
xuánxué
玄学
[玄學]
- Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
- translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學／形而上学)
yuānxuán
渊玄
[淵玄]
- profundity
- depth
Xuántùjùn
玄菟郡
[玄菟郡]
- Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
Xuánwǔqū
玄武区
[玄武區]
- Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇／江苏
xuánmǐchá
玄米茶
[玄米茶]
- genmaicha
- Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice
Táng Xuánzōng
唐玄宗
[唐玄宗]
- Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇 ( Táng Mínghuáng), reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基 ( Lǐ Lōngjī), reigned 712-756
Fáng Xuánlíng
房玄龄
[房玄齡]
- Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書／晋书 ( Jìnshū)
xuánwǔyán
玄武岩
[玄武岩]
- (geology) basalt
báixuán'ōu
白玄鸥
[白玄鷗]
- (bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba)
Zhào Xuántán
赵玄坛
[趙玄壇]
- Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Jiǔtiān Xuánnü
九天玄女
[九天玄女]
- Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
báidǐngxuán'ōu
白顶玄鸥
[白頂玄鷗]
- (bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
tiāndìxuánhuáng
天地玄黄
[天地玄黃]
- first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文 ( Qiānzìwén)
gùnòngxuánxū
故弄玄虚
[故弄玄虛]
- deliberately mystifying
- to make sth unnecessarily complicated
xuánzhīyòuxuán
玄之又玄
[玄之又玄]
- mystery within a mystery
- the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子 ( Lǎozǐ)
xuánwǔzhìróngyán
玄武质熔岩
[玄武質熔岩]
- basalt
- also written 玄熔岩 (xuánróngyán)
Xuánwǔménzhībiàn
玄武门之变
[玄武門之變]
- Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗