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鮮

鮮

See also: 尟 and 鲜

Translingual

Han character

鮮 (radical 195 魚+6, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓火廿手 (NFTQ), four-corner 28351, composition ⿰魚羊)

References

  • KangXi: page 1470, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4688, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9BAE

Chinese

trad. 鮮
simp. 鲜
alt. forms 鱻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鮮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鮮 *sen, *senʔ, *sens
廯 *sen, *senʔ
癬 *senʔ
蘚 *senʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sen, *senʔ, *sens) : semantic 魚 ‎(“fish”) + phonetic 羴 ‎(OC *qʰreːn, *qʰljen) – a kind of fish.

Pronunciation 1

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 鮮
Mandarin Beijing /ɕian⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕian⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕian²¹/
Jinan /ɕiã²¹³/
Qingdao /siã²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ayan²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕiã²¹/
Xining /ɕiã⁵³/
Yinchuan /ɕian⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕiɛ̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕian⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕyan⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕian⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕiɛ̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕyen³¹/
Hefei /ɕyĩ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕie¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕie̞¹³/
Hohhot /ɕie³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕi⁵³/
Suzhou /siɪ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiẽ̞³³/
Wenzhou /ɕiɛ³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕie³¹/
/ɕye³¹/
Tunxi /siɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /siẽ³³/
Xiangtan /siẽ³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕiɛn⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /sien⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /sien³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sin⁵³/
Nanning /ɬin⁵⁵/
/ɬin³⁵/
Hong Kong /sin⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /sian⁵⁵/
/t͡sʰĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰieŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /siŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰĩ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /sin³¹/ 朝～
/si²³/ 新～
Rime
Character 鮮
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 相然切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sian/
Li
Rong		 /siɛn/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鮮 鮮
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiān xiān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sjen › ‹ sjen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s][a]r/ /*s[a]r/
English fresh; good 鮮卑 *s[a]r.pe Xiānbēi

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鮮
Reading # 1/3
No. 13490
Phonetic
component		 鮮
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 仙
Old
Chinese		 /*sen/
Notes 說文羴省聲

Definitions

鮮

  1. live fish; aquatic food
  2. fresh food; delicious food
  3. fresh; not stale
  4. new; recent
  5. clear; vivid
  6. brightly coloured; gaily coloured
  7. delicious; tasty
  8. special; peculiar
  9. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 鮮
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息淺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sianX/
Li
Rong		 /siɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鮮
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sjenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s][e]rʔ/
English rare, few

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鮮
Reading # 2/3
No. 13492
Phonetic
component		 鮮
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 獮
Old
Chinese		 /*senʔ/
Notes 說文羴省聲

Definitions

鮮

  1. rare; little
  2. rarely; infrequently
  3. to lack; to be short of

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 鮮
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 私箭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sianH/
Li
Rong		 /siɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /sĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鮮
Reading # 3/3
No. 13496
Phonetic
component		 鮮
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 線
Old
Chinese		 /*sens/

Definitions

鮮

  1. †Alternative form of 獻／献 (xiàn, “to offer; to present”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鮮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 鮮好 (せんこう) ‎(senkō)
  • 鮮少 (せんしょう) ‎(senshō)
  • 鮮色 (せんしょく) ‎(senshoku)
  • 鮮食 (せんしょく) ‎(senshoku)
  • 鮮飾 (せんしょく) ‎(senshoku)
  • 鮮新 (せんしん) ‎(senshin)
  • 鮮盛 (せんせい) ‎(sensei)
  • 鮮腆 (せんてん) ‎(senten)
  • 鮮白 (せんびゃく) ‎(senbyaku)
  • 鮮美 (せんび) ‎(senbi)

Korean

Hanja

鮮 • ‎(seon)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 선 (revised: seon, McCune-Reischauer: sŏn, Yale: sen)
  • Name (hangeul): 고울()
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Vietnamese

Han character

鮮 (tiên)

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