Radical
Strokes
20
Residual strokes
17
Mandarin
xiān qiān
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Radical
Residual strokes
17 strokes
Strokes
20 strokes
Mandarin
xiān / qiān

Definitions by reading

ciem1
Mandarin equivalent xiān / qiān
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ciam1 Chenghai ciang1 Jieyang ciam1 Raoping ciam1 Shantou ciam1
①孅xiān 1.细,小。
②细小:致孅至悉
③因阿谀而过分谦恭:孅趋
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English meaning

slender, thin; sharp-pointed

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
心母 三等 開口 鹽韵 平声 息廉切
Reconstruction:
Original

銳也,細也。