Chinese symbol for “freshness”
新鲜
xīn xiān
Traditional: 新鮮
fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for freshness is 新鲜 (xīn xiān), defined as: fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 新鲜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 最新 | zuì xīn | latest; newest |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 鲜明 (鮮明) | xiān míng | (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers |
See also: Japanese symbol for “freshness”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.