腺

xiàn
#2,252 most
frequent character
gland

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

腺 xiàn has 月 meat as its meaning part. 泉 quán 'water source' is both a meaning part and a sound part. It first meant 'gland'. The sound link is not clear in Mandarin.

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Homophones

HSK 5
县xiàn
county, PRC administrative division below prefecture 地區|地区[di4 qu4]
线xiàn
thread, string, wire, line, route
献xiàn
offer, present, dedicate, donate
见xiàn
to appear, also written 現|现[xian4]
现xiàn
to appear, present, now, existing
限xiàn
to limit, to restrict, (bound form) limit

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