鲜

尟
xiǎn
#956 most
frequent character
variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

鲜 has fish 鱼 as the picture part and 羊 yáng marking the sound. It first meant a type of fish. Read xiān, it grew to fresh, tasty, and bright in color. Read xiǎn, it was borrowed for 'rare, few'.

鲜 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

鲜xiǎn
variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
鲜xiān
fresh, bright, delicious, little
鲜xiǎn
few, rare
鲜xiān
fresh, bright, delicious, little
鲜xiǎn
old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]

Homophones

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

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