獻
xiàn HSK5

offer, donate

献 (獻) xiàn
offer verb
to offer, present, dedicate, or donate

他决定将这件珍贵的文物献给国家博物馆。

tā jué​dìng jiāng zhè jiàn zhēn​guì de wén​wù xiàn gěi guó​jiā bó​wù​guǎn.

He decided to donate this precious cultural relic to the National Museum.

show verb
to show, display, or put on a performance

在联欢晚会上，他为同学们献了一首优美的歌曲。

zài lián​huān wǎn​huì shàng, tā wèi tóng​xué men xiàn le yī shǒu yōu​měi de gē​qǔ.

At the gala, he performed a beautiful song for his classmates.

worthy person noun
a person of virtue or talent (archaic usage)

《论语》中提到，当时的鲁国已经缺少通晓礼乐的献了。

《 Lún​yǔ》 zhōng tí​dào, dāng​shí de Lǔ​guó yǐ​jīng quē​shǎo tōng​xiǎo lǐ​yuè de xiàn le.

The Analects mention that the State of Lu at that time lacked scholars who were well-versed in rites and music.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,192nd most common 115.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,438th most common 48.3 per million appears in 22% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
13.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
20.3 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
献
Strokes
20
Unicode
U+737B

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