咸
xiánXián HSK4

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咸 (鹹) xián frequency
salty adjective
tasting of or containing salt

这碗汤太咸了，再加点水吧。

zhè wǎn tāng tài xián le, zài jiā diǎn shuǐ ba.

This soup is too salty; add a little more water.

stingy adjective
miserly or unwilling to spend money

他为人很咸，很少请客吃饭。

tā wéi​rén hěn xián, hěn shǎo qǐng​kè chī​fàn.

He is very stingy and rarely treats others to dinner.

咸 xián
all expression
all, everyone, each, or widespread

这项活动老少咸宜。

zhè xiàng huó​dòng lǎo​shào xián yí.

This activity is suitable for all ages.

咸 Xián
Xian proper name
surname Xian

咸先生是一位著名的学者。

Xián xiān​sheng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de xué​zhě.

Mr. Xian is a famous scholar.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,525th most common 18.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,738th most common 5.64 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.43 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
14.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
鹹
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+54B8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)