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炫

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to dazzle; (bound form) to boast; to show off; (slang) cool; awesome; (slang) to gobble down

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
9
Radical
火 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
炫
Common rank
#3,646
Unicode
U+70AB

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Formation & memory

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How 炫 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 meaning “fire” + 玄 sound ( xuán )

Components 火 玄

Words with 炫

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
炫目 xuàn mù to dazzle; to inspire awe
炫富 xuàn fù to flaunt one's wealth
炫技 xuàn jì to show off one's skills; to put on a dazzling display of one's talents
炫弄 xuàn nòng to show off; to flaunt
炫酷 xuàn kù (slang) cool; awesome
酷炫 kù xuàn (slang) cool; awesome
炫耀 xuàn yào dazzling; to show off; to flaunt

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 玄 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
玄 sound part xuán deep, profound, abstruse
弦 xián bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
畜 chù livestock, domestic animals
眩 xuàn to confuse; dazed, disoriented
舷 xián bulwarks, gunwhale
铉 xuàn a device for carrying a tripod
泫 xuàn to weep, to cry; to shine, to glisten