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xiān

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xiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiān | xian1
English translation
fresh; delicious; attractive

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About xiān

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

xiān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

fish

Etymology of xiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

魚羊

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Yáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Yáng represents the sound. Simplified form of xiān .

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Words with xiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
新鲜 xīnxiān freshness新鮮
朝鲜 Cháo xiǎn North Korea朝鮮
xiǎn fresh xiān
鲜血 xiān xuè blood鮮血
鲜花 xiān huā flower鮮花
鲜明 xiānmíng bright鮮明
海鲜 hǎixiān seafood海鮮
鲜活 xiān huó vivid鮮活
鲜艳 xiānyàn bright-colored鮮艷
朝鲜半岛 Cháo xiǎn Bàn dǎo Korean Peninsula朝鮮半島
鲜奶 xiān nǎi fresh milk鮮奶
鲜美 xiān měi delicious鮮美
鲜红 xiān hóng scarlet鮮紅
鲜为人知 xiǎn wéi rén zhī secret to all but a few鮮為人知
南朝鲜 Nán Cháo xiǎn South Korea南朝鮮
屡见不鲜 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom)屢見不鮮
光鲜 guāng xiān bright and neat光鮮
鲜卑 Xiān bēi Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples鮮卑
鲜亮 xiān liang vivid鮮亮
旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng to show one's colors旗幟鮮明
朝鲜人 Cháo xiǎn rén North Korean (person)朝鮮人

xiān Decomposition & Compounds

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