玄 xuán deep
deep; profound; abstruse; mysterious
How it came to be
A twist of silk hung under a cover: thread out of the dye pot, left in the shade. It comes out a red so deep it reads as black.
用法
- Deep/mysterious/abstruse - 玄妙 (xuánmiào) profound and subtle, 玄机 (xuánjī) a hidden secret/mystery.
- Colloquially 玄 means far-fetched/dubious/unreliable: 这事有点玄 (zhè shì yǒudiǎn xuán) this is iffy/unlikely to work out. Also 玄幻 (xuánhuàn) the fantasy fiction genre.