• 956th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)fresh • bright (in color) • delicious • tasty • delicacy • aquatic foods • seldom
2. xiǎn (xian3)few • rare

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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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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  • 2100th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yàn (yan4)colorful • splendid • gaudy • amorous • romantic • to envy

Pronunciation Clues

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