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舷

xián

Character

What 舷 means

1. side of a ship or an aircraft

Words starting with 舷

• 舷窗xián chuāngporthole; scuttle
• 舷梯xián tīgangway; ramp (to board a ship or plane)

Words containing 舷

• 船舷chuán xiánthe sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore…
• 右舷yòu xiánstarboard (of a ship)
• 左舷zuǒ xiánport (side of a ship)

Characters that look like 舷

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

• 航hángboat; ship; craft
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 掠lüèto take over by force; to rob; to plunder
• 麸fūbran
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

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)
• 娴elegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 涎saliva
• 痫epilepsy; insanity
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented

Go deeper

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