鲜 — Chinese character
鲜
xiān
fresh; delicious; attractive
- Pinyin
- xiān
- Radical
- 195 ⿂ (Fish)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 鱼 羊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fish; meaning component 鱼; sound component 羊
- Traditional
- 鮮
Common words with 鲜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新鲜 (新鮮) | xīn xiān | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness |
| 鲜明 (鮮明) | xiān míng | (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers |
| 鲜血 (鮮血) | xiān xuè | blood |
| 海鲜 (海鮮) | hǎi xiān | seafood |
| 鲜艳 (鮮艷) | xiān yàn | variant of 鲜艳 (xiān yàn) |
| 鲜艳 (鮮豔) | xiān yàn | bright-colored; gaily-colored |
| 鲜活 (鮮活) | xiān huó | vivid; lively; (of food ingredients) live or fresh |
| 屡见不鲜 (屢見不鮮) | lǚ jiàn bù xiān | a common occurrence (idiom) |
| 旗帜鲜明 (旗幟鮮明) | qí zhì xiān míng | to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| 鲜为人知 (鮮為人知) | xiǎn wéi rén zhī | rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few |
| 光鲜 (光鮮) | guāng xiān | bright and neat |
English words written with 鲜
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.