• 2520th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (Xian2)surname Xian
2. xián (xian2)all • everyone • each • widespread • harmonious
3. xián (xian2)salted • salty • stingy • miserly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

咸阳 (咸陽)
咸菜 (鹹菜)
咸鱼 (鹹魚)

Uncommon

咸宁 (咸寧)
咸丰 (咸豐)
咸水 (鹹水)
咸水湖 (鹹水湖)
咸淡 (鹹淡)
咸涩 (鹹澀)
咸肉 (鹹肉)
咸鸭蛋 (鹹鴨蛋)

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  • 2830th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (se4)astringent • tart • acerbity • unsmooth • rough (surface) • hard to understand • obscure

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

羞涩 (羞澀)
苦涩 (苦澀)

Uncommon

干涩 (乾澀)
酸涩 (酸澀)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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