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鹇

xián

Character Traditional 鷴

What 鹇 means

1. silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus)
2. silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade

Other readings

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

• xiánvariant of {鹇|xián}

Words containing 鹇

• 白鹇bái xián(bird species of China) silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
• 蓝鹇lán xián(bird species of China) Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)
• 黑鹇hēi xián(bird species of China) kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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.

• 娴xiánelegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 痫xiánepilepsy; insanity

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
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
• 痫epilepsy; insanity
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black