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鲜

xiān
HSK 43 readings

“Fresh” in Chinese is 鲜 (xiān).

Other characters with the syllable xian: see all 22 →

Meaning

  • fresh
  • bright (in color)
  • delicious
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  • tasty
  • delicacy
  • aquatic foods
  • few
  • rare
  • fish
  • variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
  • variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
  • old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
  • old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]

Example

她喜欢海鲜。

She likes seafood.

From 海鲜 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • xiānfresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods / fish / old variant of 鮮|鲜
  • xiǎnvariant of 鮮|鲜 / variant of 尟|鲜 / few / rare / old variant of 鮮|鲜

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Words containing 鲜

海鲜hǎixiānseafoodHSK 4鲜花xiānhuāflowerHSK 4鲜明xiānmíng(of colors) bright; fresh and clearHSK 4新鲜xīnxiānfresh (experience, food etc)HSK 4鲜艳xiānyànbright-colored; gaily-coloredHSK 5保鲜bǎoxiānto keep fresh; to preserve freshnessHSK 7-9鲜活xiānhuóvivid; livelyHSK 7-9鲜美xiānměifresh and delicious; tastyHSK 7-9

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