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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xiǎn - variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
xiǎn - variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
xiān - fresh
- bright (in color)
- delicious
- tasty
- delicacy
- aquatic foods
xiǎn - few
- rare
xiān - fish
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
xiǎn - old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 4 8,220 3,886 2,723

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Fish

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
新鲜 3 4 2,178 3,126 1,918
朝鲜 - - 4,988 1,919 2,924
鲜血 - 7 5,609 7,502 13,546
鲜花 - 4 6,584 6,886 6,199
- 4 8,220 3,886 2,723
海鲜 5 4 10,132 8,272 3,853
鲜明 6 4 14,859 5,790 10,557
鲜活 - 8 16,344 12,110 7,580
鲜艳 5 5 19,159 10,950 9,367
保鲜 - 9 21,730 11,477 8,739
鲜奶 - - 24,764 18,635 9,854
鲜美 - 9 26,322 19,383 12,134
朝鲜人 - - 27,711 - -
鲜为人知 - - 30,146 24,196 30,352
鲜红 - - 35,256 19,036 23,942
光鲜 - - 38,539 23,482 13,287
屡见不鲜 - - 40,355 22,234 37,115
鲜亮 - - 41,215 31,721 23,092
旗帜鲜明 - - 62,950 29,704 52,735
朝鲜战争 - - 79,180 - -
生鲜 - - 93,372 - -
鲜味 - - 95,393 40,533 25,918