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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
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  *線* | 線* | *線
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
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  *綫* | 綫* | *綫
variant of 線|线
HSK 3
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  *縣* | 縣* | *縣
county
HSK 4
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  *鮮* | 鮮* | *鮮
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
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  *鹹* | 鹹* | *鹹
salted / salty / stingy / miserly
HSK 4
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  *咸* | 咸* | *咸
all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious
HSK 4
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  *鱻* | 鱻* | *鱻
fish / old variant of 鮮|鲜
HSK 4
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  *顯* | 顯* | *顯
to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero-
HSK 5
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  *閒* | 閒* | *閒
idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
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  *獻* | 獻* | *獻
to offer / to present / to dedicate / to donate / to show / to put on display / worthy person (old)
HSK 5
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  *閑* | 閑* | *閑
enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲) idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
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  *嫌* | 嫌* | *嫌
to dislike / suspicion / resentment / enmity / abbr. for 嫌犯, criminal suspect
HSK 6
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  *險* | 險* | *險
danger / dangerous / rugged
HSK 6
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  *掀* | 掀* | *掀
to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse
HSK 7-9
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  *限* | 限* | *限
to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound
HSK 7-9
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  *陷* | 陷* | *陷
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
HSK 7-9
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  *腺* | 腺* | *腺
gland
HSK 7-9
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  *弦* | 弦* | *弦
bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL:
HSK 7-9
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱
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  *見* | 見* | *見
to appear / also written 現|现
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  *獮* | 獮* | *獮
to hunt in autumn (archaic)
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  *鮮* | 鮮* | *鮮
few / rare
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  *洗* | 洗* | *洗
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  *現* | 現* | *現
to appear / present / now / existing / current
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  *纎* | 纎* | *纎
old variant of 纖|纤
Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區|长安区, a district of Xi'an
Lantian county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
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  *尠* | 尠* | *尠
variant of 尟|鲜
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
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  *憲* | 憲* | *憲
statute / constitution
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  *嫻* | 嫻* | *嫻
elegant / refined / to be skilled at
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  *羨* | 羨* | *羨
to envy
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  *銜* | 銜* | *銜
bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title
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  *仙* | 仙* | *仙
immortal
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  *涎* | 涎* | *涎
saliva
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  *賢* | 賢* | *賢
worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
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  *咸* | 咸* | *咸
surname Xian
Zion
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  *峴* | 峴* | *峴
abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山 / Mt Xianshou in Hubei / steep hill / used in place names
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  *餡* | 餡* | *餡
filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
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  *冼* | 冼* | *冼
surname Xian
bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
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  *諴* | 諴* | *諴
to bring into accord / sincerity
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  *撏* | 撏* | *撏
to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text)
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  *蜆* | 蜆* | *蜆
basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬
a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市 (abbr. to 陝|陕 or )
Lianhu District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山 near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
Lintong District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
Lianhu District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
Zhouzhi county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
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  *莧* | 莧* | *莧
amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
Xian county in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
Baqiao District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
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  *幰* | 幰* | *幰
curtain at front of carriage
Lintong District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
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  *蘚* | 蘚* | *蘚
moss / lichen / moss on damp walls / used erroneously for 蘇|苏
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  *鷴* | 鷴* | *鷴
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
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  *忺* | 忺* | *忺
(literary) to want; to desire / (literary) pleased; gratified; happy
Xincheng District of Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi / Xincheng District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia
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  *暹* | 暹* | *暹
sunrise
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  *銑* | 銑* | *銑
shining metal / (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
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  *憪* | 憪* | *憪
composed, contented
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  *薟* | 薟* | *薟
used in 豨薟|豨莶 / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
Yanliang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
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  *韅* | 韅* | *韅
leather girth on horse
Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
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  *獫* | 獫* | *獫
a kind of dog with a long snout / see 獫狁|猃狁
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  *韱* | 韱* | *韱
wild onions or leeks
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  *晛* | 晛* | *晛
to appear (of sun)
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
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  *轞* | 轞* | *轞
vehicle for transporting prisoners
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  *鍁* | 鍁* | *鍁
shovel
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  *秈* | 秈* | *秈
common rice
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  *憸* | 憸* | *憸
artful / flattering
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  *癇* | 癇* | *癇
epilepsy / insanity
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains
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  *祆* | 祆* | *祆
Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
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  *伭* | 伭* | *伭
surname Xian
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  *伭* | 伭* | *伭
(literary) cruel; ruthless / (literary) dark red; black
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  *睍* | 睍* | *睍
goggle-eyed
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  *銛* | 銛* | *銛
fish-spear / sharp
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  *舷* | 舷* | *舷
side of a ship or an aircraft
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  *跣* | 跣* | *跣
barefooted
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  *霰* | 霰* | *霰
graupel / snow pellet / soft hail
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  *筅* | 筅* | *筅
bamboo brush for utensils
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  *酰* | 酰* | *酰
acid radical / -acyl (chemistry)
Zhouzhi county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
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  *氙* | 氙* | *氙
xenon (chemistry)
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  *鱻* | 鱻* | *鱻
old variant of 鮮|鲜
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  *孅* | 孅* | *孅
cunning / slender
Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin / Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang

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