玄
Character
deep, dark black (as in 玄色)
- Radical
- 玄 (itself)
- Strokes
- 5
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 亠 幺
- Traditional
- 玄
- Frequency
- #1953 most common character
Meaning
xuán
xuan2- deep, dark black (as in 玄色)
- mysterious and very hard to understand (as in 玄妙)
Examples
这个问题很玄妙，我不懂。
zhè ge wèn tí hěn xuán miào wǒ bù dǒng
This question is very mysterious. I don't understand it.
AI-generated sentence
我买了一件玄色的衣服。
wǒ mǎi le yī jiàn xuán sè de yī fu
I bought a piece of dark black clothing.
AI-generated sentence
Stroke order
All 5 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 玄
Draw “玄” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Words with 玄
See all 38 →玄机xuán jīa hidden secret or meaning inside somethingWordHSK 7–9玄乎xuán hūunreliable; incredibleWord玄关xuán guānentrance hall; vestibuleWord玄参xuán shēnNingpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)Word玄圃xuán pǔmythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 昆仑 (Kūn lún)Word玄奘xuán zàngXuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645Word玄奥xuán àoabstruseWord玄妙xuán miàomysteriousWord玄孙xuán sūngreat-great-grandsonWord玄学xuán xuéWei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian idealsWord玄幻xuán huànxuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)Word玄武xuán wǔBlack Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)Word