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鲜 - xiān

fresh; delicious; attractive

fresh; delicious; attractive

How to read 鲜

Click 鲜 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinxiān
Englishfresh; delicious; attractive
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

鲜亮 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 鲜剥. Please read 鲜卑 one more time.

Common words with this character

bright; vivid
freshly peeled; Taiwan pr. [xian1bo1]
Xianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
umami, one of the five basic tastes

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 鲜 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 鲜亮 and 鲜剥 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 鲜.