獻

獻 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜月戈大 (YBIK), four-corner 2323₄, composition ⿰鬳犬)

• 囐 巘 㩵 瓛 讞 䡾 钀 巚 𨏾 齾 𡔎 𭨓 𣡌 𤅊 𪺉 𧖃 𮥲 𪚋 𦉧

• 献

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20783
• Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1376, character 9
• Unihan data for U+737B

Historical forms of the character 獻
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sŋaːl, *hŋans, *ŋrad) : phonetic 鬳 (OC *ŋans) + semantic 犬 (“dog”).

Same word as 憲 (OC *hŋans) (Schuessler, 2007), its basic meaning being seemingly "elevate > to be elavated".

Inside the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, it's related to 甗 (OC *ŋan, *ŋranʔ, *ŋrans, “a cooking vessel consisting of a steamer 'elevated' on a three-legged boiler”). Furthermore, it's possibly cognate to Tibetan སྔར་མ (sngar ma, “sharp-witted, quick-witted, intelligent”) (ibid., Gong, 2000).

獻

1. to offer; to present; to donate
2. to show; to display
3. (archaic) virtuous person

   • 子曰：「夏禮，吾能言之，杞不足徵也；殷禮，吾能言之，宋不足徵也。文獻不足故也，足則吾能徵之矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「夏礼，吾能言之，杞不足征也；殷礼，吾能言之，宋不足征也。文献不足故也，足则吾能征之矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Xiàlǐ, wú néng yán zhī, Qǐ bùzú zhēng yě; Yīnlǐ, wú néng yán zhī, Sòng bùzú zhēng yě. Wénxiàn bùzú gù yě, zú zé wú néng zhēng zhī yǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "I could describe the ceremonies of the Xia dynasty, but Qi cannot sufficiently attest my words. I could describe the ceremonies of the Yin dynasty, but Song cannot sufficiently attest my words. (They cannot do so) because of the insufficiency of their records and wise men. If those were sufficient, I could adduce them in support of my words."

4. a surname
5. (neologism, slang) to commit a mass murder

   • 中國網路也用「卷躺潤獻」形容年輕人的生存狀態，「卷」就是內捲，指人與人之間激烈競爭；「躺」就是躺平，即一種放棄心態，什麼都不做；「潤」就是離開中國，移民國外；而「獻」則是指無差別地襲擊別人，以宣洩心中怨恨感的行為。 [MSC, trad.]
     中国网路也用「卷躺润献」形容年轻人的生存状态，「卷」就是内卷，指人与人之间激烈竞争；「躺」就是躺平，即一种放弃心态，什么都不做；「润」就是离开中国，移民国外；而「献」则是指无差别地袭击别人，以宣泄心中怨恨感的行为。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2023, 《「四不青年」只能「卷躺潤獻」 中國年輕人對未來感到絕望》, 《自由時報》

     Zhōngguó wǎnglù yě yòng “juǎn tǎng rùn xiàn” xíngróng niánqīngrén de shēngcún zhuàngtài, “juǎn” jiù shì nèijuǎn, zhǐ rén yǔ rén zhī jiān jīliè jìngzhēng; “tǎng” jiù shì tǎngpíng, jí yīzhǒng fàngqì xīntài, shénme dōu bù zuò; “rùn” jiù shì líkāi zhōngguó, yímín guówài; ér “xiàn” zé shì zhǐ wúchābié dì xíjī biérén, yǐ xuānxiè xīnzhōng yuànhèn gǎn de xíngwèi. [Pinyin]

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   Synonym: 獻忠／献忠 (xiànzhōng)

獻

1. (historical) a method of filtering wine
2. (historical) sacrificial wine vessel

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 献)

1. to revere, to contribute, to present

• Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}
• Kun: たてまつる (tatematsuru, 獻る)
• Nanori: すすむ (susumu)、たけ (take)、ただす (tadasu)、のぶ (nobu)

獻 • (heon, sa) (hangeul 헌, 사, revised heon, sa, McCune–Reischauer hŏn, sa, Yale hen, sa)

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獻: Hán Việt readings: hiến, ta
獻: Nôm readings: hiến

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