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祆

xiān

Ormazda, the Zoroastrian sun god

💡 Ideographic: A spirit 礻 in the sky 天; 天 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (62%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

sky, heaven; god, celestial

⿰礻天 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shì

礻

spirit

4 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

卜

divination, fortune-telling; prophecy

📷 Pictographic: A crack on an oracle bone

2 strokes

tiān

天

sky, heaven; god, celestial

💡 Ideographic: The heavens 一 above a man 大

4 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 祆 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

祆 ↗

Xiān

Ormazda, the Sun God of the Zoroastrians and Manicheans / the Sun God

Xiān

祆 ↗

Ormazda, the Sun God of the Zoroastrians and Manicheans / the Sun God

Zoroastrianism / see also [[祆教<Xiānjiào>]]

Xiāndào

祆道 ↗

Zoroastrianism / see also [[祆教<Xiānjiào>]]