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岘

xiàn

Character Traditional 峴

What 岘 means

1. abbr. for {岘首山|Xiàn shǒu shān}
2. Mt Xianshou in Hubei
3. steep hill
4. used in place names

Words starting with 岘

• 岘港Xiàn gǎngDa Nang or Danang, Vietnam
• 岘首山Xiàn shǒu shānMt Xianshou in Hubei

Characters built on 见

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

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 舰jiànwarship
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 蚬xiǎnbasket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 枧jiǎnbamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout

Characters that look like 岘

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

• 规guīcompass; a rule; regulation
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 屹yìhigh and steep
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 现to appear; present; now
• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 献to offer; to present; to dedicate
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 宪statute; constitution
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 腺gland
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiàn correctly.
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