ㄒㄧㄢ ˊ

xián

salted

鹹 is a 20 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as xián in the second tone.

In simplified Chinese the character 咸 is used.

It is made up of the components 鹵 (salt) and 咸 (salty).

  • 鹹
    ㄒㄧㄢ ˊ

    xián

    salted

    • 鹵
      ㄌㄨ ˇ

      lǔ

      salt

    • 咸
      ㄒㄧㄢ ˊ

      xián

      salty

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Use this salt dispenser to *up* the fi[shy n'] <SALTY> taste of your fish. (The subcomponent on the left looks like a dispenser.)
by vms5q

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she and I added so much salt to this food it feels like a weapon to put in your mouth
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 鹹

Definitions for 鹹 pronounced as xián

  • salted
  • salty
  • stingy
  • miserly

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3a - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language

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Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2

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