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仙
僊
xiān
1. variant of [[仙<xiān>]]
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

仙
xiān
god; fairy; immortal, transcendent
HSK 6 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

仙药
xiānyào
legendary magic potion of immortals
仙贝
xiānbèi
rice cracker
仙逝
xiānshì
to die
仙游
Xiānyóu
Xianyou county in Putian [[莆田<Pútián>]], Fujian
仙境
xiānjìng
fairyland
仙乡
xiānxiāng
fairyland
仙鹤
xiānhè
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
巴仙
bāxiān
percent (loanword)
天仙
tiānxiān
immortal (esp. female)
八仙
Bāxiān
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
仙女
xiānnǚ
fairy
诗仙
shīxiān
"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai [[李白<LǐBái>]]
碟仙
diéxiān
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
大仙
dàxiān
great immortal
登仙
dēngxiān
to become immortal
甲仙
Jiǎxiān
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
苏仙
Sūxiān
Suxian district of Chenzhou city [[郴州市<Chēnzhōushì>]], Hunan
仙人
xiānrén
Daoist immortal
仙姑
xiāngū
female immortal
游仙
Yóuxiān
Youxian district of Mianyang city [[綿陽市|绵阳市<Miányángshì>]], north Sichuan

Alternate Entries

仙
xiān
immortal

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,254
Word Frequency Rank
3,523 of 84,292