| 玄 | xuán | black; mysterious |
| 玄学 | xuán xué | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上学) |
| 桓玄 | Huán Xuán | Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin |
| 唐玄宗 | Táng Xuán zōng | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇, reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基, reigned 712-756 |
| 天地玄黄 | tiān dì xuán huáng | first line of Thousand character classic 千字文, equivalent to ABC |
| 房玄龄 | Fáng Xuán líng | Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晋书 |
| 故弄玄虚 | gù nòng xuán xū | deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated |
| 枕状玄武岩 | zhěn zhuàng xuán wǔ yán | pillow lava (geology); pillow basalt |
| 渊玄 | yuān xuán | profundity; depth |
| 玄之又玄 | xuán zhī yòu xuán | mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子 |
| 玄乎 | xuán hū | unreliable; incredible |
| 玄圃 | Xuán pǔ | mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 昆仑 |
| 玄奘 | Xuán zàng | Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645 |
| 玄奥 | xuán ào | abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe |
| 玄妙 | xuán miào | mysterious; profound; abstruse |
| 玄孙 | xuán sūn | great-great-grandson |
| 玄机 | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles |
| 玄武 | Xuán wǔ | Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky |
| 玄武区 | Xuán wǔ qū | Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江苏 |
| 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | basalt (geology); lava |
| 玄武质熔岩 | xuán wǔ zhì róng yán | basalt; also written 玄熔岩 |
| 玄武门之变 | Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn | Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 |
| 玄狐 | xuán hú | silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) |
| 玄理 | xuán lǐ | profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄学 sect |
| 玄石 | xuán shí | magnetite Fe3O4 |
| 玄秘 | xuán mì | mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) |
| 玄米茶 | xuán mǐ chá | genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice |
| 玄菟郡 | Xuán tù jùn | Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
| 玄虚 | xuán xū | deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable |
| 玄远 | xuán yuǎn | profound; abstruse mystery |
| 玄关 | xuán guān | entrance hall; front door; porch; vestibule |
| 玄青 | xuán qīng | deep black |
| 郑玄 | Zhèng Xuán | Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar |
