漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鮮: fresh, vivid
Also: clear, brilliant, Korea
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
魚 carries the meaning · 羊 is drawn in
17 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 朝鮮ちょうせんKorea
- 鮮明せんめいvivid; clear; distinct
- 新鮮しんせん
- 生鮮せいせんfresh
- 鮮度せんど(degree of) freshness
- 鮮烈せんれつvivid; striking
- 鮮魚せんぎょ
あざやかazayaka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鮮やかあざやかvivid; bright; brilliant
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)魚 fish (meaning) + 羴 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 鮮 (rev. 92917744), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fish radical + sheep (羊) = the two foods that ancient people valued most for being served perfectly 'fresh' and vibrant.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side鮮 fresh · 羊
vs鮎 freshwater trout · 占In ChineseSimplified 鲜 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiān
Japan keeps the traditional form 鮮; mainland China simplifies it to 鲜.
- Simplified
- 鲜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鮮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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