炫
xuàn
Fire element 火
dazzling
Element
Fire 火
Radical
火
Strokes
9
Use
Used for any gender
In five-element thinking, Fire carries radiance, warmth, visibility. A name built on 炫 leans on that energy.
The radical
the fire radical (火): fire, passion, brilliance, and the power to transform.
炫 works in names for any gender; what matters is how it is paired and how the tones flow. It is 9 strokes to write.
The image behind the character
妖夫曳炫
《楚辞·天问》（屈原）
炫 appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.
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