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1.

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How to write 仙 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 仙

仙 stroke order diagram

3.

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仙

仙=

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5.

How to Use 仙

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 仙 works in context.

Forming '仙+X' compounds for celestial beings and mythical objects

This pattern creates nouns by adding 仙 before another noun, indicating a celestial, immortal, or mythical quality.

神仙 • shén xiān • supernatural being; immortal • HSK 6

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6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 仙 is used in context

chuán传

shuō说

zhōng中

xiān仙

nǚ女

zhù住

Information

Pinyinxiān

Meaningimmortal

Strokes5

Radical亻

Traditional仙

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1960

Zhuyinㄒㄧㄢ

UnicodeU+4ED9

CangjieOU

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亻person

A person (亻) dwelling in the mountains (山) — an immortal or transcendent being.

shén神

xiān仙

supernatural being; immortal

仙女 • xiān nǚ • Fairy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

xiān仙

nǚ女

Fairy

仙鹤 • xiān hè • Crane • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

xiān仙

hè鹤

Crane

zài在

měi美

lì丽

de的

huā花

yuán园

lǐ里

。

Legend says fairies live in beautiful gardens.

zài在

gǔ古

dài代

shén神

huà话

zhōng中

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

shén神

xiān仙

gù故

shì事

。

There are many immortal being stories in ancient mythology.

zhè这

ge个

dì地

fāng方

měi美

dé得

xiàng像

xiān仙

jìng境

yí一

yàng样

。

This place is as beautiful as a fairyland.

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