Unicode: U+61F8

Pinyin: xuán

Definition

* 掛、繫。如:"懸壺濟世"。 * 牽掛﹑掛念。如:"懸念"、"懸思"。唐•李白 * 公示﹑公布。如:"懸賞"。 * 高掛的。如:"懸泉"、"懸瀑"。 * 差別大、距離遠。如:"懸殊"。 * 久延不決的。如:"懸案"。 * 憑空﹑無依據。如:"懸想"。唐•柳宗元

hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

Structure

懸 graph

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Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC