絢

简 绚 · 繁 絢
Cantonese · source Jyutpinghyun3#

Meanings · hyun3

  1. adorned
  2. swift
  3. gorgeous
  4. brilliant
  5. variegated
  6. effulgent
Cantonese · source Jyutpingseon1#

Meanings · seon1

  1. adorned
  2. swift
  3. gorgeous
  4. brilliant
  5. variegated
  6. effulgent
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Same syllable, six tones

hyun圈hyun1circle犬hyun2dog券hyun3bondhyun4—hyun5—hyun6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

  • 絢 xuàn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinadorned; swift; gorgeous; brilliant; variegated

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xuan4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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hyun3 · seon1

Cantonese word readings for 絢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. brilliant; gorgeous; effulgent
  2. to shine
  3. to embellish; to adorn
  4. to dazzle

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Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Original source comment: adapted from cc-cedict

Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source records & identity絢 绚 [xuan4] {hyun3} /adorned/swift/gorgeous/brilliant/variegated/effulgent/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: e1c36b45606585c33741858c4337bef33bf7b76cbd6546ebab298f1d0ef76aa7

絢 绚 [xuan4] {seon1} /adorned/swift/gorgeous/brilliant/variegated/effulgent/ # adapted from cc-cedict

SHA-256: 64b3ba4a76d0e48ae9261b986ca25811b3d7e52374837b8477df9d2400b317da