鲜
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.

鲜 (鱻) xiān
fish adjective

在汉字构造中，“鲜”字左边的“鱼”部代表鱼类。

zài hàn​zì gòu​zào zhōng,“ xiān” zì zuǒ​bian de“ yú” bù dài​biǎo yú​lèi.

In the construction of Chinese characters, the 'fish' radical on the left of the character 'xian' represents fish.

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 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
鮮
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+9C9C

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