| Radical: | 魚+ 6 strokes = 17 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.137#5 p.290#24 p.409#11 Kangxi: p.1470#06 Cihai: p.1527r5c02 GSR: 209.a Hanyu: v7,p4688#06 |
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| Composition: | Left: 魚, right: 羊. Component of: 𢹛 𭗴 廯 㶍 𡾮 𢥌 𣟲 癬 䇁 𦇫 𧕇 蘚 䉳 𨇤 𩆵 |
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| Mandarin: | xiān xiǎn xiàn ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ |
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| Cantonese: | sin1 sin2 |
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| Tang reconstruction: | siɛn |
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| Shuowen: | 《》鮮：魚名。出貉國。从魚，羴省聲。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》鮮：鮮潔也，善也，又鮮卑山因爲國号亦水名水經曰北鮮之山鮮水出焉又姓後蜀録李壽司空鮮思明又漢複姓鮮于氏。
《···》鮮：少也。
《···》鮮：姓也，本音平聲。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》鮮：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤相然切，音仙。魚名。出貉國。《禮·內則》冬宜鮮羽。《註》鮮，生魚也。又《玉篇》生也。《·》曁益播奏庶艱食鮮食。《傳》鳥獸新殺曰鮮。《儀禮·士昏禮》腊必用鮮。《疏》義取夫婦日新之義。《左傳·襄三十年》唯君用鮮。《註》鮮，野獸也。又《》潔也。《·》爲蕃鮮。《註》鮮，明也。又《》鮮，好也。《玉篇》善也。又國名。《後漢·東夷傳》昔箕子避地朝鮮。又《鮮𤰞傳》鮮𤰞者，依鮮𤰞山，故因號焉。又山水名。《水經注》北鮮之山，鮮水出焉。又姓。《後蜀錄·李壽司空》鮮思明。又鮮于，複姓。《風俗通》武王封箕子於朝鮮，其子食采於朝鮮，因氏焉。又《》《集韻》𠀤息淺切，音獮。《易·繫辭》故君子之道鮮矣。《釋文》盡也。又《·》惠鮮鰥寡。《傳》又加惠鮮乏鰥寡之人。《疏》鮮，少乏也。《·》終鮮兄弟。《箋》鮮，寡也。《禮·中庸》民鮮能久矣。《註》鮮，罕也。又少也。亦善也。《·》籧篨不鮮。《箋》鮮，善也。《朱傳》少也。又《·》小山別大山，鮮。《疏》李巡云：大山少，故曰鮮。《·》度其鮮原。《傳》大山曰鮮。《朱傳》鮮，善也。又《正韻》與獻同。《禮·月令》天子乃鮮羔開冰。《註》鮮當爲獻，聲之誤也。又與犀同。《·》黃金犀毗一。《註》師古曰：犀毗，帶鉤也。亦曰鮮𤰞，亦謂師氏，總一物也，語有輕重耳。又《集韻》私箭切，獮去聲。姓也。 |
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| Fanqie: | 相然 (《···》) 息淺 (《···》) 私箭 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | fresh, new, delicious; rare, few |
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| 鮮 |
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xiān ㄒㄧㄢ (1.1): 鮮魚，活魚。 Fresh fish.
| 《·》: | 春宜羔豚膳膏薌，夏宜腒鱐膳膏臊，秋宜犢麑膳膏腥，冬宜鮮羽膳膏膻。 | | 'Lamb and sucking-pig were (thought to be) good in spring, fried with odorous (beef) suet; dried pheasant and fish, in summer, fried with the strong-smelling suet (of dog); veal and fawn, in autumn, fried with strong suet (of fowl); fresh fish and goose,' in winter, fried with the frouzy suet (of goat). | | 《》: | 治大國若烹小鮮。 | | Governing a great state is like cooking small fish. | | 《·》: | 故以理觀之，事大眾而數搖之則少成功，藏大器而數徙之則多敗傷，烹小鮮而數撓之則賊其澤，治大國而數變法則民苦之，是以有道之君貴靜，不重變法，故曰：「治大國者若烹小鮮。」 | | 《·》: | 老子曰：「治大國若烹小鮮。」 | | 《·》: | 故「治大國若烹小鮮」 | | 《》: | 治大國若亨小鮮。 |
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xiān ㄒㄧㄢ (1.2): 新殺的鳥獸的肉。 Freshly killed meat.
| 《》: | 曰：子有軍事，獸人無乃不給於鮮，敢獻於從者，叔黨命去之。 |
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xiān ㄒㄧㄢ (2): 新鮮。 Fresh.
| 《》: | 放乃更餌鉤沈之，須臾復引出，皆長三尺餘，生鮮可愛。 |
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xiān ㄒㄧㄢ (3): 新而華美。 New and beautiful.
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xiān ㄒㄧㄢ (4): 夭亡。 Die young.
| 《》: | 叔仲子謂季孫曰，帶受命於子叔孫曰，葬鮮者自西門，季孫命杜洩。 |
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (5.1): 少。 Few.
| 《·》: | 有子曰：「其為人也孝弟，而好犯上者，鮮矣。」 | | The philosopher You said, "They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors." | | 《·》: | 終鮮兄弟、維予與女。 | | Few are our brethren; There are only I and you. | | 《·》: | 管仲喟然嘆曰：「齊國危矣，君不競於德而競於兵，天下之國，帶甲十萬者不鮮矣，吾欲發小兵以服大兵，內失吾眾，諸侯設備，吾人設軸，國欲無危，得已乎？」 |
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (5.2): 衰微。 Weaken, decline.
| 《·》: | 百姓日用而不知，故君子之道鮮矣。 | | The common people, acting daily according to it, yet have no knowledge of it. Thus it is that the course (of things), as seen by the superior man, is seen by few. |
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (6): 孤，寡。見「鮮民」。 Orphan.
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (7.1): 好，善。 Good.
| 《·》: | 燕婉之求、籧篨不鮮。 | | A pleasant, genial mate she sought, [And has got this] vicious bloated mass! | | 《·》: | 儀，若，祥，淑，鮮，省，臧，嘉，令，類，綝，彀，攻，穀，介，徽，善也。 |
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (7.2): 讚美。 Praise, compliment.
| 《·》: | 嘉我未老、鮮我方將。 | | They praise me as not yet old; They think few like me in vigour. |
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xiǎn ㄒㄧㄢˇ (8): 與大山不相連的小山。見「鮮原」。 Small mountain detached from other large mountains.
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xiàn ㄒㄧㄢˋ (9): 通「獻」：獻祭。 Offer, sacrifice.
| 《·》: | 天子乃鮮羔開冰，先薦寢廟。 | | The son of Heaven at this time offers a lamb (to the ruler of cold), and opens the (reservoirs of) ice. Before (using it generally), they offer some in their principal apartment or in the ancestral temple. |
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xiǎn yuán ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ : 有小山的平原。 Plain with a small hill.
| 《·》: | 度其鮮原、居歧之陽、在渭之將。 | | He then determined the finest of the plains, And settled on the south of Qi, On the side of the Wei. |
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xiǎn mín ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ : 無父母的孤窮之民。 Orphaned people.
| 《·》: | 鮮民之生、不如死之久矣。 | | Than to live an orphan, It would be better to have been long dead. |
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