仙 xiān immortal
Made up of [亻 rén Person (radical) radical 9, 山 shān mountain radical 46]Made with 5 strokes.
Daoists sought isolation in mountains to become an immortal/superior person
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Also uses 亻 rén component: 俩 bǐng (both) 倡 chàng (to initiate) 代 dài (replace) 但 dàn (but) 倒 dào (fall) 仿 fǎng (to imitate) 份 fèn (portion) 供 gōng (to provide) 估 gū (estimate) 何 hé (what) 候 hòu (wait) 侯 hóu (nobleman) 化 huà (to make into) 华 huá (splendid) 花 huā (flower) 健 jiàn (healthy) 两 liǎng (pair) 们 mén (s) 你 nǐ (you) 仁 rén (humane) 什 shén (what) 他 tā (he) 位 wèi (position) 信 xìn (letter) 夜 yè (night) 亿 yì (100,000,000) 攸 yōu (distant) 值 zhí (value) 住 zhù (to live) 传 zhuàn (biography) 作 zuò (to do) 做 zuò (to make)
Also uses 山 shān component: 岸 àn (bank) 岛 dǎo (island) 徽 huī (emblem) 岁 suì (year)
Sounds same
鲜 xiān (fresh) 先 xiān (first)Different tone
咸 xián 闲 xián (to stay idle) 险 xiǎn (danger) 现 xiàn (to appear)Cities
仙桃 Xiantao, HubeiProverbs
八仙过海,各显神通 bā xiān guò hǎi, gè xiǎn shén tōng Everyone has their own special skills to contributeAlso
仙 xiān immortals水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus