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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 11
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form:
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiān, xiǎn, xiàn
Cantonese: sin1 sin2
JapaneseKun: AZAYAKA SUKUNAI
JapaneseOn: SEN
Korean: SEN
Vietnamese: tiên

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fresh, new, delicious; rare, few

CE-Dict: few/rare

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.rare; few; seldom
xian
ㄒㄧㄢ
1.fresh
2.bright; bright-colored
3.tasty
4.delicacies

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bright; delicacy; delicious; fresh; rare

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bright; delicacy; delicious; fresh; rare

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《魚部》鮮 魚名。出貉國。从魚,羴省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集中】【魚字部】 鮮
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤相然切,音仙。魚名。出貉國。【禮·內則】冬宜鮮羽。【註】鮮,生魚也。又【玉篇】生也。【書·益稷】暨益播奏庶艱食鮮食。【傳】鳥獸新殺曰鮮。【儀禮·士昏禮】腊必用鮮。【疏】義取夫婦日新之義。【左傳·襄三十年】唯君用鮮。【註】鮮,野獸也。又【廣韻】潔也。【易·說卦】爲蕃鮮。【註】鮮,明也。又【釋名】鮮,好也。【玉篇】善也。又國名。【後漢·東夷傳】昔箕子避地朝鮮。又【鮮𤰞傳】鮮𤰞者,依鮮𤰞山,故因號焉。又山水名。【水經注】北鮮之山,鮮水出焉。又姓。【後蜀錄·李壽司空】鮮思明。又鮮于,複姓。【風俗通】武王封箕子於朝鮮,其子食采於朝鮮,因氏焉。又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤息淺切,音獮。【易·繫辭】故君子之道鮮矣。【釋文】盡也。又【書·無逸】惠鮮鰥寡。【傳】又加惠鮮乏鰥寡之人。【疏】鮮,少乏也。【詩·鄭風】終鮮兄弟。【箋】鮮,寡也。【禮·中庸】民鮮能久矣。【註】鮮,罕也。又少也。亦善也。【詩·邶風】籧篨不鮮。【箋】鮮,善也。【朱傳】少也。又【爾雅·釋山】小山別大山,鮮。【疏】李巡云:大山少,故曰鮮。【詩·大雅】度其鮮原。【傳】大山曰鮮。【朱傳】鮮,善也。又【正韻】與獻同。【禮·月令】天子乃鮮羔開冰。【註】鮮當爲獻,聲之誤也。又與犀同。【前漢·匈奴傳】黃金犀毗一。【註】師古曰:犀毗,帶鉤也。亦曰鮮𤰞,亦謂師氏,總一物也,語有輕重耳。又【集韻】私箭切,獮去聲。姓也。

朱芾煌:法相辭典 瑜伽八十四卷二十一頁雲:鮮者:才受世間言說量故。

Buddhism words and phrases vivid, clear, bright

CF-Dict: rare

Han-De-Dict: frisch (u.E.) (Adj)/selten (u.E.)

Finnish: tuore, uusi; maistuva; kirkas, kiehtova; nestemäinen/kirkas/selkeä.
Äännettynä xiǎn: harva, harvinainen, harvoin; poikkeuksellinen, spesiaali, hyvä; yksinäinen, erakkomainen