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鲜
鮮
xiān
1. fresh
2. bright (in color)
3. delicious
4. tasty
5. delicacy
6. aquatic foods
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鲜
xiān
fresh; delicious; attractive
HSK 3 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

三鲜
sānxiān
three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
光鲜
guāngxiān
bright and neat
新鲜
xīnxiān
fresh (experience, food etc)
HSK 3
朝鲜
Cháoxiǎn
Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910
海鲜
hǎixiān
seafood
HSK 5
浅鲜
qiǎnxiǎn
meager
肥鲜
féixiān
fresh and tender (of food)
鲜亮
xiānliang
bright (color)
鲜卑
Xiānbēi
Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
鲜味
xiānwèi
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
鲜奶
xiānnǎi
fresh milk
鲜少
xiǎnshǎo
very few
鲜明
xiānmíng
bright
HSK 6
鲜活
xiānhuó
live and or fresh (of food ingredients)
鲜烈
xiānliè
fresh and intense
鲜红
xiānhóng
scarlet
鲜美
xiānměi
delicious
鲜艳
xiānyàn
bright-colored
HSK 5
鲜花
xiānhuā
fresh flowers
鲜菜
xiāncài
fresh vegetable

Alternate Entries

鲜
xiǎn
variant of [[鮮|鲜<xiǎn>]]
鲜
xiǎn
variant of [[尟|鲜<xiǎn>]]
鲜
xiǎn
few / rare
鲜
xiān
fish / old variant of [[鮮|鲜<xiān>]]
鲜
xiǎn
old variant of [[鮮|鲜<xiǎn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
957
Word Frequency Rank
1,327 of 84,292