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xián

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xián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xián | xian2
English translation
rank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth

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About xián

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

xián

Contains the radical

Jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

行金

Semantic compound

Jīn

Phonetic compound

háng

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Words with xián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
头衔 tóu xián title頭銜
衔接 xiánjiē to combine銜接
xián to link xián
军衔 jūn xián army rank軍銜
领衔 lǐng xián leading (role)領銜
官衔 guān xián title官銜
领衔主演 lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn starring領銜主演
警衔 jǐng xián police rank警銜
授衔 shòu xián rank of professor授銜
职衔 zhí xián title (position within an organization)職銜
名衔 míng xián rank名銜
学衔 xué xián rank學銜
结草衔环 jié cǎo xián huán to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)結草銜環

xián Decomposition & Compounds

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