鮮 (Kangxi radical 195,魚+6, 17 strokes,cangjie input弓火廿手 (NFTQ),four-corner2835₁,composition⿰魚羊)

• 㶍, 蘚, 䇁, 䉳, 廯, 癬

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1470, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46133
• Dae Jaweon: page 2002, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4688, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9BAE

Historical forms of the character鮮
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*sen, *senʔ, *sens): semantic 魚(“fish”) + abbreviated phonetic 羴(OC*qʰreːn, *qʰljen).

Alternatively, may be ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 魚(“fish”) + 羊(“sheep”) – delicious.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*sar(“new; fresh”). Cognate withProto-Tibeto-Burman*g-sar(“new; fresh”), whenceTibetanགསར་བ(gsar ba,“new; fresh”),Rawangangsar(“new”),Drungaksal(“new”),Mizotʰarᴴ(“new”) (Schuessler, 2007); cognate withTibetanགསར་(gsar,“new”),Burmeseဆန်း(hcan:,“new, fresh”) (Hill, 2019).

鮮

1. seafood;aquaticfood

   海鮮／海鲜  ― hǎixiān  ―  seafood

2. deliciousfood;fresh food

   嘗鮮／尝鲜  ― chángxiān  ―  to taste fresh food

3. fresh; notstale

   鮮魚／鲜鱼  ― xiānyú  ―  fresh fish

4. brightlycolored;gaily colored

   那塊布的顏色很鮮。[MSC,trad.]
   那块布的颜色很鲜。[MSC,simp.]

   Nà kuài bù de yánsè hěnxiān.[Pinyin]

   The color of that piece of cloth is very bright.

5. delicious;tasty

   媽媽煮的湯的味道很鮮。[MSC,trad.]
   妈妈煮的汤的味道很鲜。[MSC,simp.]

   Māmā zhǔ de tāng de wèidào hěnxiān.[Pinyin]

   The soup that mother cooked tastes delicious.

6. not yetwithered; not yetwilted(of flowers, grass, etc.)

   鮮花／鲜花  ― xiānhuā  ―  fresh flower

7. special;peculiar;strange andinteresting

   屢見不鮮／屡见不鲜  ― lǚjiànbùxiān  ―  common occurrence

   小孩說的話很鮮。[MSC,trad.]
   小孩说的话很鲜。[MSC,simp.]

   Xiǎohái shuō de huà hěnxiān.[Pinyin]

   The words of the child were peculiar.

8. (Hakka)thin;dilute

   Alternative form:先

9. (Zhangzhou Hokkien)sky blue;azure

   鮮色／鲜色[Hokkien]  ― chheⁿ-sek[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  sky blue

10. asurname

• → Vietnamese:tươi

Etymology not clear (Schuessler, 2007).

鮮

1. rare;little;few

   • 量力而動，其過鮮矣。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     量力而动，其过鲜矣。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Commentary of Zuo,c. 4^th centuryBCE, translation fromZuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Liànglì ér dòng, qí guòxiǎn yǐ.[Pinyin]

     If one weighs one’s strength and then acts, one’s errors will befew.

2. rarely;infrequently

   • 子曰：「巧言令色，鮮矣仁！」[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     子曰：「巧言令色，鲜矣仁！」[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheAnalects of Confucius,c. 475 – 221BCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Qiǎoyánlìngsè,xiǎn yǐ rén!”[Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Fine words and an insinuating appearance areseldom associated with true virtue!"

3. tolack; to beshort of
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of巘 /𪩘(yǎn,“the top of a mountain; cliff; small mountain”)

   • 度其鮮原，居岐之陽[MSC,trad.]
     度其鲜原，居岐之阳[MSC,simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE

     dù qíxiǎn yuán, jū qí zhī yáng[Pinyin]

     He determined thesmall mountains and hills, settling in the south of Qi

鮮

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of獻 /献(“tooffer; topresent”)

• “鮮”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2026.
• “鮮”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• 李如龙[Li, Ru-long];刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu];吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying];黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “鲜（新～）”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page214.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. fresh, vivid, clear, brilliant

• Go-on:せん(sen,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:せん(sen,Jōyō)
• Kun:あざやか(azayaka,鮮やか,Jōyō)、すくない(sukunai,鮮い)、あたらしい(atarashii,鮮しい)

FromMiddle Chinese鮮 (MC sjen|sjenX|sjenH).

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɴ]

鮮(せん)• (sen) ^{←せん(sen)?}

1. fresh
2. vivid
3. (Empire of Japan)Korea

   全(ぜん)鮮(せん) ―zensen ―the entirety ofKorea

   内(ない)鮮(せん)一体(いったい) ―naisen ittai ―unification of the mainland andKorea

鮮 (eumhun고울선(goul seon))

1. hanja form^? of선(“smooth;fish”)

• 조선 (朝鮮,joseon, “Joseon;Korea”)
• 생선 (生鮮,saengseon, “fish”)
• 선혈 (鮮血,seonhyeol, “recentlyspilledblood”)

鮮:Hán Việt readings:tiên^[1][2][3],tiển^[1][3][4],tiễn^[5]
鮮:Nôm readings:tươi^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

1. chữ Nôm form oftươi(“fresh;new anduntainted”)

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