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xiān

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xiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiān | xian1
English translation
fine, delicate; tiny, minute

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About xiān

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Number of strokes

23

Traditional form

xiān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of xiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹韱

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

xiān

Explanation

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

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Words with xiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
纤维 xiānwéi fiber纖維
qiàn fine xiān
光纤 guāng xiān optical fiber光纖
纤细 xiān xì fine纖細
化纤 huà xiān synthetic fiber化纖
纤维素 xiān wéi sù cellulose纖維素
纤弱 xiān ruò fragile纖弱
纤纤 xiān xiān slim纖纖
神经纤维 shén jīng xiān wéi neurofibril神經纖維
合成纤维 hé chéng xiān wéi synthetic fiber合成纖維
肌纤维 jī xiān wéi muscle fiber肌纖維
玻璃纤维 bō lí xiān wéi fiberglass玻璃纖維
纤夫 qiàn fū burlak (barge hauler)縴夫
纤毛 xiān máo cilium纖毛
纤瘦 xiān shòu slender纖瘦
纤巧 xiān qiǎo delicate纖巧
纤手 xiān shǒu delicate hands纖手
人造纤维 rén zào xiān wéi synthetic fiber人造纖維
化学纤维 huà xué xiān wéi synthetic fiber化學纖維
原纤维 yuán xiān wéi fibril原纖維
光导纤维 guāng dǎo xiān wéi optical fiber光導纖維
纤柔 xiān róu delicate纖柔
纤尘不染 xiān chén bù rǎn spotless纖塵不染

xiān Decomposition & Compounds

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