鮮
xiānxiǎn HSK4

fresh

鲜 (鮮) xiān frequency
tasty adjective
having a delicious, savory, or umami flavor

这碗鱼汤的味道非常鲜。

zhè wǎn yú​tāng de wèi​dao fēi​cháng xiān.

This bowl of fish soup tastes very savory.

bright adjective
having a vivid, intense, or brilliant color

她穿着一件鲜红色的裙子。

tā chuān zhe yī jiàn xiān hóng​sè de qún​zi.

She is wearing a bright red dress.

delicacy verb
a choice or rare food, particularly seafood or aquatic products

趁着批瓜果刚上市，我们也去买点尝鲜。

chèn​zhe pī guā​guǒ gāng shàng​shì, wǒ​men yě qù mǎi diǎn cháng xiān.

Since this batch of fruit has just hit the market, let's buy some to have a taste.

fresh noun
newly produced, harvested, or caught; not preserved, dried, or stale

这里的蔬菜非常新鲜。

zhè​lǐ de shū​cài fēi​cháng xīn xiān.

The vegetables here are very fresh.

鲜 (鮮) xiǎn
rare expression
occurring or found infrequently; few in number

这种古老的习俗在现代都市中已鲜有提及。

zhè zhǒng gǔ​lǎo de xí​sú zài xiàn​dài dū​shì zhōng yǐ xiǎn​yǒu tí​jí.

This ancient custom is rarely mentioned in modern cities.

Frequency
Character
Written text
958th most common 174.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,290th most common 61.1 per million appears in 28% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.16 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
30.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
鲜
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+9BAE

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