14 strokes17 strokes
Character #687 · The First 1000
鲜 (鮮) xiān meaning: fresh
fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods
Also read xiǎn (few; rare)
- Strokes
- 1417
- TraditionalSimplified
- 鮮 鲜
- Poster cell
- O25
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 鲜鮮
Write 鲜鮮 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, xiān, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 鲜 mean in English?
- 鲜 (xiān) means "fresh": fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods.
- How do you pronounce 鲜?
- 鲜 is pronounced xiān in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄒㄧㄢ. It can also be read xiǎn (few; rare).
- How many strokes does 鲜 have?
- The simplified form, 鲜, has 14 strokes. The traditional form, 鮮, has 17.
- What is the traditional form of 鲜?
- The traditional form of 鲜 is 鮮. 鲜 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 鮮 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 鲜?
- Common words that use 鲜 include 新鲜 (xīnxiān, fresh), 鲜明 (xiānmíng, bright), 鲜花 (xiānhuā, flower), 海鲜 (hǎixiān, seafood).
- How common is 鲜?
- 鲜 is number 687 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell O25 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.