僊

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 仙

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiān
Cantonese: sin1
JapaneseKun: YAMABITO SENNIN
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: SEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal

CE-Dict: variant of 仙, immortal

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》僊長生僊去。从人从䙴，䙴亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】僊
【集韻】同仙。　又僊僊，舞貌。【詩·小雅】屢舞僊僊。【註】軒舉之狀。【莊子·在宥篇】鴻蒙謂雲將曰：毒哉，僊僊乎歸矣。　又叶斯人切，音新。【班固·東都賦】建章甘泉館御列僊，孰與靈臺明堂統和天人。

Buddhism words and phrases immortal

Han-De-Dict: unsterblich, unvergänglich (u.E.)