• 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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  • 657th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuè (xue4)blood • informal colloquial and Taiwan pr. [xie3] • also pr. [xue3] • CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xuè (xue4)The component is pronounced as 'xuè' (xue4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
血液 

Medium Frequency

充血 
冷血 
出血 
吸血 
吸血鬼 
喋血 
心血 
心血管 
抽血 
放血 
止血 
气血 (氣血)
活血 
流血 
浴血 
混血 
混血儿 (混血兒)
热血 (熱血)
狗血 
献血 (獻血)
白血病 
血型 
血压 (血壓)
血战 (血戰)
血拼 
血本 
血气 (血氣)
血水 
血汗 
血流 
血淋淋 
血泪 (血淚)
血球 
血管 
血统 (血統)
血缘 (血緣)
血肉 
血脂 
血脉 (血脈)
血腥 
血色 
补血 (補血)
贫血 (貧血)
头破血流 (頭破血流)
高血压 (高血壓)
鲜血 (鮮血)
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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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