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跣

xiǎn

Character

What 跣 means

1. barefooted

Words containing 跣

• 蓬头跣足péng tóu xiǎn zúmatted hair and bare feet; unkempt

Characters built on 先

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

• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 冼Xiǎnsurname Xian
• 筅xiǎnbamboo brush for utensils

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 险danger; dangerous; rugged
• 显to make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 洗used in 洗马
• 鲜few; rare
• 铣shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
• 藓moss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 狝to hunt in autumn (archaic)
• 蚬basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蚬
• 燹conflagration
• 姺name of an ancient state
• 崄precipitous; rugged
• 幰curtain at front of carriage