鲜 — fresh; bright; delicious
fresh; bright; delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods
- Pinyin
- xiān · xiǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — xiān, xiǎn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 鲜: 14 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 鲜 in the HSK syllabus: 11
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 新鲜xīnxiānfresh; freshness; novel; uncommonHSK 3
- 鲜xiānfresh; bright; delicious; tasty; delicacyHSK 4
- 鲜花xiānhuāflower; fresh flowersHSK 4
- 海鲜hǎixiānseafoodHSK 5
- 鲜明xiānmíngbright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinctHSK 6
- 鲜艳xiānyànbright-colored; gaily-coloredHSK 6
- 保鲜bǎoxiānto keep fresh; to preserve freshnessHSK 7–9
- 鲜活xiānhuóvivid; lively; live or freshHSK 7–9
- 鲜美xiānměifresh and delicious; tastyHSK 7–9
- 鲜血xiānxuèbloodHSK 7–9
- 鲜为人知xiǎnwéirénzhīrarely known to anyone; almost unknownHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.