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铣

銑
xiǎn
#4,764 most
frequent character
shining metal

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

铣 has 钅 metal as the meaning part and 先 xiān for sound. It first meant glossy metals, and from that came 'to mill metals'. Read xiǎn, it means cast iron.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

铣xǐ
to mill (machining), Taiwan pr. [xian3]

Homophones

显xiǎn
show, appear, obvious, noticeable
险xiǎn
danger, risk, danger, dangerous
鲜xiǎn
few, rare

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