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鲜

xiān, xiǎn

fresh

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 祥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鮮.

Components
鱼 meaning component

鱼  Meaning component

yú

  

fish

祥 sound,remnant component

祥  Sound Remnant component

xiáng

  

good luck

Evolution

鲜 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
鲜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鲜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鲜 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鲜 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鲜 (鮮) 

xiān

fresh, new, delicious; rare, few; fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods

鲜 (鮮) 

xiǎn

few; rare

鲜 (尟) 

xiǎn

variant of 鮮|鲜[xiǎn]

鲜 (尠) 

xiǎn

variant of 尟|鲜[xiǎn]

鲜 (鱻) 

xiān

fish; old variant of 鮮|鲜[xiān]

鲜 (鱻) 

xiǎn

old variant of 鮮|鲜[xiǎn]

Most common words with 鲜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

新鲜

freshness

朝鲜

North Korea

鲜

fresh

鲜血

blood

鲜花

flower

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

癣 藓

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 27.7911% of movies

1290th most common character in movies

958th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Traditional

鮮

Unicode

U+9C9C


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