Chinese symbol for “rarely”
鲜少
xiǎn shǎo
Traditional: 鮮少
very few; rarely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rarely is 鲜少 (xiǎn shǎo), defined as: very few; rarely.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲜少.
| 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) |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rarely”.
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.