xiān

Taoist super-being

xiān frequency
variant
immortal noun
(bound form) immortal; celestial being; a person who has attained longevity or supernatural powers through meditation or alchemy; see 神仙 shén​xiān or 仙人 xiān​rén

I never believed in the tooth fairy.

celestial noun
(bound form) relating to immortals; divine; ethereal
master
(bound form) a person who shows exceptional talent or a transcendental spirit in a particular field, such as poetry or wine
to pass away
(bound form) a polite way to refer to someone's death; to pass away
Xian
the surname Xian
graceful
(literary) light; graceful; ethereal (describing a person's movements or bearing)
xiān
immortal
(old variant) an immortal; a supernatural being who has achieved long life through cultivation; synonymous with xiān
master
(old variant) a master or genius in a specific field, such as poetry or wine
surname
a Chinese surname

Frequency

Movie subtitles
12.3 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
46.4 per million

Details

Strokes
14
Unicode
U+50CA

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)