現 (xiàn) — to appear; adj — present, current

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現 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)

現＝王＋見

ㄒㄧㄢˋ · xiàn

verb — to appear; adj — present, current

字源 FORM — what the parts do

王義jade (玉), written 王 on the left

見聲jiàn — gives the soundan eye on legs — seeing

{j,q,x}Ijiàn → xiàn — crosses inside {j,q,x}

Jade (王) beside 見 jiàn for the sound, j crossed to x — and 見 is seeing itself. Cut and rub the stone and the light in it shows: to appear, 出現; what appears before you right now: 現在、現場、現金.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

砂紙磨過，石面忽然亮出一道綠（王）。

The sandpaper passes; a streak of green suddenly shows in the stone (王).

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)出現、顯現— to appear, show常用

→現在、現代— now — the appearing moment常用

→現金、現場— on hand, on the spot

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension