鮮

See also: 尟 and 鲜

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

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／形声, OC *sen, *senʔ, *sens) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 羴 (OC *qʰreːn, *qʰljen).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gsjar (“new; fresh”) (STEDT). Cognate with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-sar (“new; fresh”), whence Tibetan གསར་བ (gsar ba, “new; fresh”), Rawang angsar (“new”), Drung aksal (“new”), Mizo tʰarᴴ (“new”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

trad.		鮮
simp.		鲜
alternative forms		鱻／鲜

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Etymology 2

Etymology not clear (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

trad.		鮮
simp.		鲜
alternative forms		鱻／鲜 尟 尠／鲜

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鮮

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

trad.		鮮
simp.		鲜

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鮮

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

Further reading

• “Entry #12480”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

鮮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あざやか (azayaka, 鮮やか, Jōyō); すくない (sukunai, 鮮い); あたらしい (atarashii, 鮮しい)

Compounds

• 新鮮(しんせん) (shinsen)
• 鮮衣(せんい) (sen'i)
• 鮮花(せんか) (senka)
• 鮮華(せんか) (senka)
• 鮮暉(せんき) (senki)
• 鮮輝(せんき) (senki)
• 鮮魚(せんぎょ) (sengyo)
• 鮮血(せんけつ) (senketsu)
• 鮮潔(せんけつ) (senketsu)
• 鮮妍(せんけん) (senken)

• 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)

• 鮮媚(せんび) (senbi)
• 鮮肥(せんぴ) (senpi)
• 鮮卑(せんぴ) (senpi)
• 鮮明(せんめい) (senmei)
• 鮮耀(せんよう) (sen'yō)
• 鮮麗(せんれい) (senrei)
• 朝鮮(ちょうせん) (chōsen)

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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

(deprecated template usage) 鮮 (tiên)

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