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鲜 is a 14 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as xiān in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as xiǎn.
In traditional Chinese the characters 鮮, 鱻, 尟 or 尠 may be used instead.
9 stories have been written about this character — see all
A man wanted fresh food. Unfortunately the sheep and fish wasn't fresh, he screamed to the heavens in anger and disappointment.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 鲜
Definitions for 鲜 pronounced as xiǎn
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
- variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
- variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
- few
- rare
Definitions for 鲜 pronounced as xiān
- fresh
- bright (in color)
- delicious
- tasty
- delicacy
- aquatic foods
- fish
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 鲜 — see all
- fresh (experience, food etc)
- freshness
- novel
- uncommon
- flower
- fresh flowers
- CL:朵[duo3]
- seafood
Collections
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