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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
filling, stuffing; secret

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

Food  shí stuffed in a hole  xiàn xiàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

飠臽

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Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
馅饼 xiàn bǐng pie餡餅
xiàn stuffing xiàn
肉馅 ròu xiàn ground meat肉餡
露馅 lòu xiàn to leak露餡
馅儿 xiànr stuffing餡兒
馅儿饼 xiàn r bǐng pie餡兒餅
露馅儿 lòu xiàn r to leak露餡兒
夹馅 jiā xiàn with filling夾餡

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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