玄 xuán
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xuán
adjective
profound; mysterious; subtle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 微妙 (CCD '玄' 2; FE '玄' 3; GHDC '玄' 2) -
xuán
adjective
black
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 黑色; for example, 天地玄黃 'The sky was black and earth yellow.' (CCD '玄' 1; FE '玄' 2; GHDC '玄' 1; QZW) -
xuán
noun
Kangxi radical 95
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Black (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
xuán
adjective
incredible; unreliable
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '玄' 3) -
xuán
adjective
occult; mystical
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 1; GHDC '玄' 3) -
xuán
adjective
meditative and silent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 4) -
xuán
adjective
pretending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '玄' 5) -
xuán
proper noun
Xuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (FE '玄' 6) -
xuán
adjective
mysterious; subtle
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Japanese: gen (BCSD '玄', p. 819; DJBT '玄', p. 428; SH '玄', p. 194)
Contained in
- 玄法寺仪轨(玄法寺儀軌) Xuan Fa Temple Ritual Manual
- 大唐玄奘 Xuanzang of the Great Tang Dynasty
- 不二门中参妙道 大千界内叩玄关(不二門中參妙道 大千界內叩玄關) Delve into the wondrous way inside the Gate of Non-Duality; Break through the doorway into the great chiliocosm.
- 拨草参玄(撥草參玄) pulling out the weeds seeking the Way
- 法华玄贊义决(法華玄贊義決) Fa Hua Xuan Zan Yi Jue
- 义玄(義玄) Yixuan
- 四大译师; 1. 鸠摩罗什 2. 玄奘 3. 真谛 4. 义净 * 不空(四大譯師; 1. 鳩摩羅什 2. 玄奘 3. 真諦 4. 義淨 * 不空) Four Great Chinese Translators: 1. Kumarajiva; 2. Xuanzang; 3. Paramartha; 4. Yijing; * Amoghavajra (The Esoteric School additionally venerates the translator Amoghavajra, who they recognize as the Sixth Patriarch of their school.)
- 穷诸玄辩(窮諸玄辯) to fathom all deep discussions
- 观音玄义记(觀音玄義記) Guanyin Xuan Yi Ji
- 法华玄义(法華玄義) Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra
- 玄高 Xuangao
- 净名玄论(淨名玄論) Jing Ming Xuan Lun
- 大般涅槃经玄义(大般涅槃經玄義) Da Ban Niepan Jing Xuan Yi
- 妙玄独脚(妙玄獨腳) walking alone through the wonderful mystery
- 玄言 xuanyan; poetry of arcane discourse ; sublte words
- 玄契 Xuan Qi
- 佛说玄师颰陀所说神呪经(佛說玄師颰陀所說神呪經) Spells Taught by the Magician Bhadra; Fo Shuo Xuan Shi Ba Tuo Suo Shuo Shen Zhou Jing
- 栖玄寺 Qixuan Temple
- 安玄 An Xuan
- 玄觉(玄覺) Xuanjue
- 妙法莲华经玄贊(妙法蓮華經玄贊) Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Zan
- 极妙穷玄(極妙窮玄) extremely subtle and profound
- 道元希玄 Dōgen Kigen
- 永嘉玄觉(永嘉玄覺) Yongjia Xuanjue
- 寺沙门玄奘上表记(寺沙門玄奘上表記) Si Shamen Xuan Zang Shang Biao Ji
- 大乘玄论(大乘玄論) Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahāyāna
- 玄应(玄應) a profound response ; Xuanying
- 玄门(玄門) Taoism; Daoism ; profound gate
- 玄旨 a profound concept
Also contained in
谈玄說妙 、 玄圃 、 玄奥 、 玄武 、 玄宗 、 玄青 、 成玄英 、 玄微 、 郑玄 、 魏晋玄学 、 玄狐 、 太玄经 、 玄色 、 玄玄 、 玄武门之变 、 玄秘 、 房玄龄 、 玄米茶 、 桓玄 、 白顶玄鸥 、 王玄谟 、 九天玄女
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Siming's Letters on Ten Issues (Siming Shi Yi Shu) 四明十義書 — count: 103
- Scroll 1 Passing the Lamp to the Eastern Regions Catalog 東域傳燈目錄 — count: 96
- Scroll 3 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 82 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fazhi Yi Bian Guan Xin Er Bai Wen 法智遺編觀心二百問 — count: 55
- Scroll 8 Collection of Records Concerning the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Chu San Zang Ji Ji) 出三藏記集 — count: 47
- Scroll 3 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 46
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 46
- Scroll 6 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 45 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論疏 — count: 45
- Scroll 4 Ji Gu Jin Fodao Lun Heng 集古今佛道論衡 — count: 45
Collocations
- 沙门玄 (沙門玄) 西明寺沙門玄則製 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
- 玄鉴 (玄鑒) 如來玄鑒 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 44 — count: 7
- 守玄 (守玄) 守玄行禪 — Sutra on the Origin of Practice (Xiuxing Ben Qi Jing) 修行本起經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 玄旷 (玄曠) 佛道玄曠 — The Lotus Sutra (Tian Pin Miaofa Lianhua Jing) - alternate translation 添品妙法蓮華經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 玄逈 (玄逈) 難逮巍巍玄逈之法 — Daśabhūmikasūtra (Jian Bei Yiqie Zhi De Jing) 漸備一切智德經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 玄通 (玄通) 則大智玄通居可知也 — Daoxing Bore Jing 道行般若經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 如来玄 (如來玄) 如來玄鑒 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 44 — count: 2
- 玄蜂 (玄蜂) 猶如玄蜂 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 玄文 (玄文) 矚彼玄文 — Diamond Sūtra 金剛般若波羅蜜經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 玄默 (玄默) 心守玄默 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 2