xiān

fine

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

silk

韱 sound component

  Sound component

xiān

  

wild onions or leeks

Evolution

纖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
纖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiān

fine, delicate; minute; graceful; fine; delicate

Most common words with 纖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纤维

fiber

fine

光纤

optical fiber

纤细

fine

化纤

synthetic fiber