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祆

Xiān

Character

What 祆 means

1. Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism

Words starting with 祆

• 祆教Xiān jiàoZoroastrianism

Sounds the same

Read Xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 鲜fresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 纤fine; delicate; minute
• 仙immortal
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 酰acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 籼long-grained rice; same as 秈

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