顕

See also: 顯 and 显

顕 U+9855, 顕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9855 ← 顔 [U+9854] CJK Unified Ideographs 顖 → [U+9856]

Translingual

Traditional	顯
Shinjitai	顕
Simplified	显

Han character

顕 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日金一月金 (ACMBC), composition ⿰显頁)

1. manifest, display
2. evident, clear

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1407, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43609
• Dae Jaweon: page 1925, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4381, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9855

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 顕 – see 顯 (“prominent; conspicuous; visible; to appear; to manifest; to display; etc.”). (This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 顯).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	顕
Kyūjitai	顯

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai character. Simplified from 顯 (𢇁 → 业).

Kanji

顕

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 顯)

1. to show, to visiblize
2. to appear
3. apparent, visible

• Antonyms : 潜

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
• On: げん (gen)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 顕らか)、あらわ (arawa, 顕)、あらわれる (arawareru, 顕れる)、あらわす (arawasu, 顕す)

Compounds

• 顕微鏡(けんびきょう) (kenbikyō): microscope