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鲜艳

xiānyàn

bright; vivid

HSK 5 · Topic “Traits and suitability”
A flower beside a dull flower
Memory picture

Characters in this word

鲜 xiān

Strokes
14
Radical
鱼 — fish
Made of
鱼 fish 羊 sheep, goat
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

艳 yàn

Strokes
10
Radical
色 — color, tint, hue, shade
Made of
丰 abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty 色 color, tint, hue, shade
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 艳

Example phrases

  • 花很鲜艳。 Huā hěn xiānyàn. The flowers are very bright.
  • 颜色鲜艳。 Yánsè xiānyàn. The color is bright.
  • 她衣服鲜艳。 Tā yīfu xiānyàn. Her clothes are bright.

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