How to write 铉

铉 xuàn 名 【本义】: 举鼎的器具 1. Device for carrying a tripod. A wooden rod that crosses the two ears of the tripod for lifting it. It may be hook-shaped and made of metal for carrying the ears of the tripod. 【引】 1. 《说文》：铉，举鼎具也。易谓之铉，礼谓之鼎。 (“Shuowen Jiezi”: The heng is a device for lifting the tripod. It is called heng in Yijing and ding in rituals.) 2. 《易·鼎》：黄耳金铉，利贞。孔颖达疏:铉，所以贯鼎而举之也。 ("Yijing: Ding": Golden heng with yellow ears is advantageous for divination. Kong Yingda's commentary states: The heng is used to connect and lift the ding.) 2. 比喻三公等重臣 2. Metaphor for grand councillors and high officials. 【引】 1. 江淹《为萧骠骑让封第二表》：且麟阁之臣，尚有位不及铉。 (Jiang Yan: Among the ministers at Lin Pavilion, there are those whose ranks do not compare to heng.) 【例】 又如:铉台 (Originally referring to the position of the three dukes metaphorically denoted by the tripod, and changed to "heng" to refer to the position of the chancellor); 铉司 (high officials). 3. 弓弦。通“弦” 3. Bowstring. Commonly pronounced as "xian". 【引】 1. 《战国策·齐策五》：矛戟折，环铉绝。 ("Strategies of the Warring States: Qi": When the spear and halberd break, the heng is severed.) 4. 琴弦，乐器上发声的线。通“弦” 4. String (of a musical instrument). Commonly pronounced as "xian". 【引】 1. 明·顾众《浪淘沙·闺思》：生小弄冰铉，未拨先怜。 (Ming Dynasty: Gu Zhong "Lang Tao Sha: Thoughts in the Boudoir": The small ice heng is already cherished before it is plucked.)