xiān immortal

Made up of [ rén Person (radical) radical 9, shān mountain radical 46]
Made with 5 strokes.
Daoists sought isolation in mountains to become an immortal/superior person

Related characters


Also uses rén component: bǐng (both) chàng (to initiate) ; dài (replace) ; dàn (but) ; dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; fèn (portion) ; gōng (to provide) ; (estimate) ; (what) ; hòu (wait) ; hóu (nobleman) ; huà (to make into) ; huá (splendid) ; huā (flower) ; jiàn (healthy) ; liǎng (pair) ; mén (s) ; (you) ; rén (humane) ; shén (what) ; (he) ; wèi (position) ; xìn (letter) ; (night) ; 亿 (100,000,000) ; yōu (distant) ; zhí (value) ; zhù (to live) ; zhuàn (biography) ; zuò (to do) ; zuò (to make)
Also uses shān component: àn (bank) dǎo (island) ; huī (emblem) ; suì (year)

Sounds same

xiān (fresh) ; xiān (first)

Different tone

xián ; xián (to stay idle) ; xiǎn (danger) ; xiàn (to appear)

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Cities

仙桃 Xiantao, Hubei

Proverbs

八仙过海,各显神通 bā xiān guò hǎi, gè xiǎn shén tōng Everyone has their own special skills to contribute

Also

xiān immortals
水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus