鱻 meaning and stroke order
Fresh, delicious; rare, few
How to write 鱻, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 鱻
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- fish
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
How 鱻 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A fresh catch of fish 魚.
Radical: 魚 (fish), shared by 63 characters on this site.
How to remember 鱻
Three fish 魚 stacked in a pile look like a fresh catch just pulled from the water. A whole heap of fish means something fresh and tasty.
鱻 (xiān) is an old variant of 鲜 (xiān), so in modern Chinese you will almost always write 鲜 instead. You may see 鱻 on restaurant signs or seafood shop names as a playful, eye-catching way to say fresh. For example, 海鲜很新鲜 (hǎixiān hěn xīnxiān) means "The seafood is very fresh."
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 鱻 in everyday writing because it looks fun, but in normal text the standard form is 鲜 (xiān), as in 新鲜 (xīnxiān). Also remember the second reading xiǎn, meaning rare or few, which today is written 鲜 as in 鲜为人知 (xiǎn wéi rén zhī).
Questions about 鱻
How many strokes are in 鱻?
鱻 is written with 33 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 鱻 mean?
鱻 (xiān) means fresh, delicious; rare, few.
How do you pronounce 鱻?
鱻 is pronounced xiān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 鱻?
The radical of 鱻 is 魚, which carries the idea of "fish". Dictionaries list 鱻 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 鱻?
鱻 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 鲜, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 鱻 have two pronunciations?
It is an old variant of 鲜, and 鲜 itself has two readings. Read it xiān when it means fresh or delicious, and xiǎn when it means rare or few.
Is 鱻 still used in modern Chinese?
Rarely in ordinary writing. It mostly appears in decorative or commercial settings, like seafood restaurant names, where the three fish make a strong visual impression.