Meta:

  1. 鮮 is the 956th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (fish), (sheep)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xian1 - fresh/bright (in color)/delicious/tasty/delicacy/aquatic foods/seldom
  2. xian3 - few/rare

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新鲜 (新鮮)
海鲜 (海鮮)
 ()
鲜花 (鮮花)

Medium Frequency

保鲜膜 (保鮮膜)
光鲜 (光鮮)
朝鲜 (朝鮮)
鲜亮 (鮮亮)
鲜明 (鮮明)
鲜活 (鮮活)
鲜红 (鮮紅)
鲜美 (鮮美)
鲜艳 (鮮艷)
鲜血 (鮮血)

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Meta:

  1. 艷 is the 2100th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (mountain), No glyph available, (bean), (color/prettiness)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yan4 - colorful/splendid/gaudy/amorous/romantic/to envy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 艷 (yan4): The component 山 is pronounced as 'shan1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

惊艳 (驚艷)
鲜艳 (鮮艷)

Medium Frequency

冷艳 (冷艷)
妖艳 (妖艷)
艳羡 (艷羨)
艳丽 (艷麗)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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