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How to write 仙 — animated stroke order

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2.

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3.

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Left-Right

仙

亻rén · person

山shān · mountain

仙=

4.

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5.

How to Use 仙

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

chuán传

shuō说

zhōng中

xiān仙

nǚ女

zhù住

zài

Information

Pinyinxiān

Meaningimmortal, transcendent being, celestial being

Strokes5

Radical亻

Traditional仙

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1960

Zhuyinㄒㄧㄢ

UnicodeU+4ED9

CangjieOU

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亻rén · person

+山shān · mountain

shén神

xiān仙

supernatural being; immortal

仙女 • xiān nǚ • Fairy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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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

在

měi美

lì丽

de的

huā花

yuán园

lǐ里

。

Legend says fairies live in beautiful gardens.

gōng公

yuán园

lǐ里

yǒu有

yī一

zhī只

xiān仙

hè鹤

。

There is a red-crowned crane in the park.

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.

Tā她

xiàng像

xiān仙

zǐ子

yī一

yàng样

měi美

lì丽

。

She is as beautiful as a fairy.

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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舷xiánthe sides of a boat, bulwarks; a gunwale
娴xiánelegant, refined; skillful
涎xiánsaliva
腺xiàngland
锨xiānshovel
铣xiǎnmill

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倩qiànbeautiful, lovely; son-in-law
倏shūhastily, suddenly, abruptly
仕shìofficial; serve government
倪nífeeble, tiny, young and weak
侗dòngbig; ignorant; rude, rustic
伎jìtalent, skill, ability

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