Character Familiesleft / right

现xiàn

to appear; to show (出现, 发现); now; current (现在, 现代); cash; on hand (现金, 现货)

现 is to appear — showing up now, in cash, in real time.

GF0025–2021 character list · 一级

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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

left / right

ZDIC: 形声; the jade side carries the meaning, 见 the sound.

left / right · 现

WHOLE CHARACTER

to appear; to show (出现, 发现); now; current (现在, 现代); cash; on hand (现金, 现货)

现 is to appear — showing up now, in cash, in real time.

ZDIC: 形声; the jade side carries the meaning, 见 the sound.

MEANING (THE JADE FORM)

king; jade-related form

Jade side piece in 班 per ZDIC; repeated for the two jade sides.

In 现: meaning (the jade form) The left 王 here is the jade form, not the king.

SOUND

to see; to meet

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.

In 现: sound Sound side per ZDIC: jiàn shares 现's final ian and tone 4; the initial differs (j/x).

xiànTone 4

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ZDIC: 形声; the jade side carries the meaning, 见 the sound.

班 bān — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 现.

觉 jué, jiào — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 现.

球 qiú — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 现.

视 shì — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 现.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: 4c76b342ccbda9e0b7f05ed4c395020e0c90839b848126b79b4a9f5bb3dc3656. Captured 2026-11-01T01:46:54.938Z.
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