Radical
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
xiān
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
13 strokes
Mandarin
xiān

Definitions by reading

hng1
Mandarin equivalent xiān
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hng1 Chaoyang hng1 Chenghai hng1 Jieyang hng1 Raoping hng1 Shantou hng1
锨 <名>
(形声。从金,欣声。本义:掘土和铲东西的工具。农具名。似锹而较铲方阔,柄端无短拐) 同本义 [shovel]
锨镢以归监督。――明·魏大中《浚濠工竣疏》
又如:铁锨,木锨                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
锨(杴)xiān一种掘土或铲东西的工具,铁制或木制。柄较长。
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English meaning

shovel