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