纤
xiānqiàn HSK7

fine

纤 (纖) xiān frequency
delicate adjective
slender and graceful in form or appearance

她有着纤长的睫毛，眼睛看起来很有神。

tā yǒu zhe xiān cháng de jié​máo, yǎn​jing kàn​qǐ​lai hěn yǒu​shén.

She has long, slender eyelashes, making her eyes look very bright.

fine noun
thin or slender, especially referring to fibers or threads

显微镜下，植物表面的纤毛清晰可见。

xiǎn​wēi​jìng xià, zhí​wù biǎo​miàn de xiān máo qīng​xī kě​jiàn.

Under the microscope, the cilia on the plant surface are clearly visible.

minute adjective
extremely small, tiny, or detailed

他连最纤小的错误都能发现。

tā lián zuì xiān xiǎo de cuò​wù dōu néng fā​xiàn.

He can spot even the tiniest of errors.

纤 (縴) qiàn
towrope noun
boatman's tow-rope

纤夫正在岸边用力地拉纤。

qiàn fū zhèng​zài àn​biān yòng​lì de lā​qiān.

The trackers were pulling the towrope with all their might along the bank.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,106th most common 31.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,405th most common 9.97 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.46 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.24 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
纖縴
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+7EA4

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