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xuán

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xuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuán | xuan2
English translation
beautiful jade; star

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About xuán

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

xuán

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

An orbiting  xuán gem  Wáng xuán also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xuán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

王旋

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Example sentences using xuán

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fēng xuán 恒春 Héng chūn shù , nuǎn xuān 庭长 tíng zhǎng Huā .

Wind Jiaxuan and Hengchun trees, warm day to spend Changle Xuan court.

Words with xuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xuán (jade) xuán
唐家璇 Táng Jiā xuán Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat唐家璇 Táng Jiā xuán
周璇 Zhōu Xuán Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actress周璇 Zhōu Xuán

xuán Decomposition & Compounds

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