玄 · Li Si (v2)
玄 (xuán, 2nd tone) is the dark that is not black. Shuowen Jiezi, scroll 4, 玄部: 幽遠也。黑而有赤色者爲玄。象幽而入覆之也 — ‘deep and far; black with red within it is xuán; the graph pictures the hidden, entered and covered over.’ It is heaven’s colour at depth, $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart