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娴

xián

Character Traditional 嫻

What 娴 means

1. elegant
2. refined
3. to be skilled at

Other readings

娴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiánvariant of {娴|xián}

Example sentences

• 汤姆车开得不是很娴熟。
  Tom isn't an experienced driver.

Words starting with 娴

• 娴熟xián shúadept; skilled
• 娴静xián jìnggentle and refined
• 娴淑xián shūladylike
• 娴雅xián yǎrefined; graceful; elegant

Characters built on 闲

These share the phonetic component 闲 (xián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 痫xiánepilepsy; insanity
• 鹇xiánsilver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus); silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of…

Characters that look like 娴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 钢gāngsteel
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid
• 焖mènto cook in a covered vessel; to casserole; to stew
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓
• 翎língtail feathers; plume

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咸all; everyone; each
• 闲enclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 嫌to dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 弦bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 贤worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 衔bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 涎saliva
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
• 痫epilepsy; insanity
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented